How will we compete? Aug 14 2008 WHAT about that Olympic opening ceremony, eh? more

It's raining, it's pouring for Gordon Brown Jul 30 2008 It never rains, it pours - quite literally in the case of Gordon Brown. more

I confess - I'm an uncaring monster Jul 17 2008 I’m afraid to report that I think that I might be a threat to the very survival of civilisation as we know it. more

Not much changes with our government May 16 2008 LAST week, I wrote about how everyone seems to hate the government. more

What do we know? Mar 14 2008 PARLIAMENT had a vote last week to decide whether or not there will be a referendum on whether we ratify the thrilling new European Reform Treaty. more

A new star is born Mar 7 2008 If you missed the rather oblique hints I’ve been posting over the past week, you may be surprised to learn that I was on the Weakest Link on Monday. more

Election mess Apr 10 2008 I'M a perfectionist at heart and if there's one thing I hate more than tyranny and oppression, it's tyranny and oppression done badly. more

Where's he Bin? Apr 3 2008 I REALISED the other day that I haven't seen a new Bin Laden video in some time. more

Just shaving time Mar 20 2008 AS if further evidence were needed that we are the cumulative product of millions of random mutations and not created perfect, I think I can manage to articulate another reason: shaving is a pain, eh? more

Pay day pursuit Feb 28 2008 BEING a cold-hearted rationalist, I'm unable to appreciate the abstract concepts of "luck", "faith", "hope", and other useless words that essentially mean "spurious assertion based on nothing" - this means that I have a habit of approaching everything rationally, as a sort of "risk assessment" and mentally judging the probabilities of things happening. more

It's such a harsh reality Feb 22 2008 ECONOMICS is a hard subject and I imagine that working in the world of finance is difficult business. more

It's a harsh reality Feb 21 2008 ECONOMICS is a hard subject and I imagine that working in the world of finance is difficult business. more

Things ain't what they used to be Feb 14 2008 THERE'S an old maxim used to point out something obvious: "Is the Pope Catholic?" - the idea being that everyone knows that the answer is "yes", and would respond to such a question by pushing their tongue into their bottom lip and make a "duuhhhhh" noise whilst waving their arms in an exasperated manner. more

Election fever Jan 10 2008 CAN it really only be 44ish weeks until the American election? more

What should be done in 2008 Jan 3 2008 HAPPY New Year, everyone! New Year is an important time - we have to celebrate an arbitrary passage of time, buy replacement calendars and breathe a sigh of relief that we've lasted another year without ice caps melting and drowning us all. more

PC gone mad Dec 13 2007 IT'S Christmas soon, which means that the "War on Christmas" has begun once again, as secularists, atheists and non-Christians are all attending secret meetings around the country to plot against middle England and try to abolish Christmas once and for all. more

In the future... Dec 6 2007 I'VE BEEN doing a lot of futurology lately. more

Conspiracy theories Nov 29 2007 THESE days, you get the occasional crackpot claiming that they don't believe that man has landed on the moon -nobody believes them, of course, because of all of that pesky evidence, like rockets, flags, and the involvement of thousands of people in making it happen. more

Let's blame it on Hollywood Nov 22 2007 FOR some reason, there are loads of british people who are scared by immigration. more

Bonding with my inner self Nov 8 2007 AS the great philosophers Green Day once put it, I'm something of a walking contradiction. more

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