Minimum price of 50p per unit of alcohol

If they agree on nothing else it would appear that at least David Cameron and Gordon Brown agree that a minimum 50p per unit price for alcohol would impact on moderate drinkers to too great an extent to be considered reasonable.  However Chief medical Officer Sir Liam Donaldson believes that the imposition of this 50p [...]

Does the UN Support Freedom of Speech and Intolerance?

Firstly thanks to blond bloke for finding these two articles.  They are well worth a read as they highlight the manipulation by those most interested in defeating freedom of speech action and religion at the UN. While we in the UK may feel we have structures in place to protect our freedoms there are many [...]

Bankers Bonuses

Is linking from your Blog illegal

Picked up this titbit at Slate magazine, it all revolves around copyright, and of course took place in the mother of all litigious country’s the United States.  Apparently a real estate company was using  links to a very large law firm highlighting the biographies of various lawyers who worked for them.  These links were embedded [...]

Edinburgh Leith Harbour what’s that about.

I have just picked up my copy of February’s Leith Gazette (that’s Leith Gazette not Edinburgh Leith Gazette) and read Jenny Mackenzie’s piece on the back page regarding the name change that has been proposed for the development at the Leith docks.  While I find myself in agreement with 90% of what Jenny says I [...]

Geert Wilder thrown out Why?

Geert Wilder has been sent back to the Netherlands in case he incites racial hatred. Why because he made a film.  I include a link to his film so you can make up your own minds.
The Film
I actually watched this film when the fatwa was first put in place against Wilder and have to honestly [...]

The Media Make it Worse

Our foods carbon footprint

This really surprised me.
83% of our foods carbon footprint comes, according to a recent study, from it’s production. 11% from it’s transportation and 6% from storage, lighting of shops etc.
Our household food carbon foot print is twice that produced by driving.
So it’s all the faulty of fat people, that will let the smug fit people [...]

Holyrood called on to create coalition.

A group of ‘ Scottish business leaders’ have called for a coalition to be formed at Holyrood, quite why I’m not sure. I doubt it will do anything but move the childish bickering from the public chamber to private meetings, and I believe that would be a bad move. The electorate deserve to see exactly [...]

The Voters ‘aint Stupid

A YouGov poll commissioned by the Sunday Times today has made official what most voters knew anyway.  They were extremely annoyed at and perplexed by the behaviour of the Labour Party Liberal Democrats and I personally think unfairly the Greens.  What the poll shows is that were there to be a snap election the SNP [...]