Green clerical gauleiters are today's Scrooges

SPARE us from trendy clerics!   The Church of England has jumped on the green bandwagon, casting those who do not recycle or who dare illuminate their homes with festive lights, as sinners.   Dr Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury,...

Pakistan, India, Iran and Israel

NUKE NATION ON THE BRINK screams the web site on United States television channel Fox News following the assassination of Pakistan opposition leader Benazir Bhutto. That must be the spin from the White House. The Bush administration is...

Felicitations

CHRISTMAS Eve and all’s well with the world. Well perhaps not that well. Our corner of the planet is facing up to plunging house prices, the cost of food is increasing, and we’re all going to be green taxed until the pips squeak by all three parties...

Roasting and rape

SIR Alex Ferguson is said to have been reluctant to have given permission for his players to hold a Christmas Party fuelled by booze, gambling, and specially invited women. After the events of the night last Monday and the headlines they have...

Clegg the Unbeliever

NICK Clegg doesn't believe in God. The new Liberal Democrat leader may be married to a practicing Roman Catholic and is bringing up his kids as Catholics, but when asked in the interview on BBC Radio 5 Live, "Do you believe in God?", Mr Clegg replied:...

Faggot fiasco undermines Cranford

CRANFORD, which kept us entranced on Sunday evenings for the past weeks was what the BBC should be all about. An adaptation of three Elizabeth Gaskill novels set in a mythical Cheshire community, based on her own experiences of Knutsford to the south...

Bottler signs the Constitution - sorry that should read Treaty of Lisbon

HE SLUNK into the Portuguese capital, hoping nobody would notice, and then signed up to the Treaty of Lisbon which he tells us is nothing like the rejected Constitution but very few in Britain believe him.   Bottler Brown was the only...

Sense at last from Biker Blears

DIMINUTIVE motorbike enthusiast Hazel Blears, who's day job is to be in charge of the Department for Communities and Local Government, harmly squashed the barmy notion of giving a "parachute payment" worth thousands of pounds for councillors...

The police deserve better

THE actions of this Government are fast becoming irrational. Ministers are lurching from one crisis to another, from one strange decision to yet another. Take the police pay review - and before the usual emails keep pinging my way this is not an anti...

Biker Blair busts Suffolk

THE unitary cup has been dashed from the lips of Ipswich. But the rest of Suffolk shouldn't be smug - our beloved Communities Secretary Biker Blears (no disrespect, she's a renowned motorcycle enthusiast) - has seen fit to investiagte Suffolk being split...

Eyes right

I'M now back at work and thank everyone who have sent me their good wishes for recovery after my eye operations. The specialist has reassured me that everything is looking good - the operation not only repaired the detachment but also five tears...