An interim report into Turkey’s future memebrship of the European Federation is highly critical and their bid is looking a bit “shaky”.
One of the main stumbling blocks is that Turkey had to open up its ports (including airports) to other EU member states - including Cyprus - but Cypriots are still not allowed free movement.  The […]

How does he do it, eh?  Teflon Tony has somehow managed to avoid a proper inquiry into the lies and deceit that resulted in him taking us into an illegal war in Iraq on the back of completely fabricated “intelligence”.
Despite the fact that Labour’s wafer thin majority was already at risk by rebels in their own ranks, […]

The power-mad, money grabbing British government is losing the media war on global warming already.  The Stern Report has been rubbished and criticised by the media - even the Labour Press Office BBC.
Cobbett Rides Again puts the report into perspective superbly and the Adam Smith Institute gives the report a metaphorical kick in the teeth.  […]

Israel is stepping up an offensive into the Gaza Strip which started in retaliation for a cross-border raid by Palestinian militia.
Am I the only one who sees the double-standards in this?  Israel has been conducting one constant cross-border raid into Palestine since it invaded and illegally occupied the country in 1967.
In trying to sum this […]

The Ignorant Jock is expected to hike up all sorts of taxes to combat global warming following a summit today that Tim Worstall abandoned his live reporting on because it was inaccurate and designed to come out with one answer - global warming is happening and it’s going to cost lots of money.
DK points out […]

Bank of England £20 notes are having the picture of Elgar replaced with a picture of the North British economist, Adam Smith.
Can anybody, under any possible circumstances, imagine an English person ever appearing on the back of a Royal Bank of Scotland, HBoS or Clydesdale bank note?  Hell would freeze over first.

Mrs Sane tells me that from 11am today, BBC1 was bedecked with BBC Scotland logo’s.
It could just be Telewest getting things arse about face (it wouldn’t be the first time - Adventure 1 on Telewest has Dutch Teletext subtitles) or it could be that the Raj have finally taken over the BBC and Braveheart will […]

By way of an update to my previous post, more pointless laws, someone has pointed out that 30% of Islamic suicide bombers are women.  They also note that in an attack on a Shia mosque in Baghad recently in which over 70 people died and 158 were injured, of the 3 bombers, one was a […]

Britains most senior muslim police officer (someone actually has a league table?), Assistant Commissioner Tarique Ghaffur, has submitted plans to the Attorney General, Lord Goldsmith, to make flag burning a crime.
This is to help the police deal with violent protests apparently.  I thought waving burning rags in a crowd of people was something the police […]

The British government is, let’s be honest here, crap.  They do what they want which is mostly what we don’t want them to do.  They do what is in their own best interests which is mostly bad for us.  They discriminate against the English to secure the celtic vote and when we try and do […]

The “security barrier” on the Israeli-Palestine border (or quite often not on the border but cutting into Palestine) has attracted worldwide criticism.  The Israeli’s have been accused of creating a modern-day Berlin wall and criticised for the damaging effects the barrier will have on Palestine and future relations with Israel and its neighbours.
The Americans rarely criticise Israel […]

There was a black and white film from the 60’s (I think it was the 60’s anyway) that had, as it’s soundtrack, “I wanna be a hippy and I wanna get stoned”.  The film was really funny and all the way through it there was this talking fish smoking a spliff.
Anyone know what the film […]

Jack McConnell, the North British First Minister, wants their nuclear waste dumped in north England rather than in North Britain where it is produced.
The British government, Scottish Parliament and Welsh Assembly are currently thrashing out a deal.
North Britain is roughly 2/3rds of the size of England but has only 5m inhabitants with England having 50m.  […]

The British government is releasing a white paper on local government reforms in England.
The white paper from Ruth Kelly’s department will pledge more powers to local authorities in return for new rules imposing elected mayors and giving the electorate the right to challenge their local authorities.
Lord Bruce-Lockhart, a Conservative peer, said “It is time for […]

WATCH YOUR BACK, YOU’RE UNDER ATTACK!
SEERA IS COMING TO GATWICK
THIS IS YOUR CHANCE TO MAKE A STAND
AGAINST SEERA AND THE NEW ARC MANCHE REGION
(SOMETHING A BIT DIFFERENT IS BEING PLANNED)
AT LE MERIDIEN HOTEL, GATWICK, NORTH TERMINAL
ON
15TH NOVEMBER 2006 AT 9.30A.M.
AS USUAL BANNERS AND LEAFLETS WILL BE SUPPLIED,
OR BRING YOUR OWN
THE ARC MANCHE REGION IS TIED […]

Arden Forester points out the European Federation law coming into effect in 3 years time banning all references to non-metric measurements on goods manufactured or imported into the European Federation will not only cost billions to both the European Federation and the US but it will also breach US federal law which requires imperial measurements.
What […]

The English Constitutional Convention launched officially today at Westminster Palace.  The ECC is a joint effort between the Campaign for an English Parliament and the English Democrats with a number of Lords and MP’s as patrons.
The official launch was prematurely reported yesterday in the North British press but has still made it into the Daily Telegraph and […]

The following press release was supposed to be made public tomorrow but the Scotsman and Herald newspapers both released it early so here it is:
PRESS RELEASE: 17 OCTOBER 2006
EMBARGOED: 05:00 24 OCTOBER 2006
SCOTTISH CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION CHAIRMAN TO CALL FOR A “STRONG ENGLISH PARLIAMENT” AT INAUGURAL MEETING OF PATRONS OF THE ENGLISH CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION
“I have become […]

The recycling nazi’s in Swansea have prosecuted a man for putting a letter in with his glass recycling.  He denied putting the piece of junk mail in the bag but despite having no evidence that he did, the council managed to obtain a conviction resulting in a £100 fine and £100 costs.
In April he was […]

A leaked document from Jack Straw’s office contains plans for further “reforms” to the House of Lords in a barely disguised attempt to remove all opposition from the upper house by having 50% elected and 50% appointed Lords.
As I’ve said before, the “reforms” to the House of Lords are nothing to do with democracy and everything […]

Trevor Phillips, the head of the Commission for Racial Equality, has warned that the recent debates over muslims wearing veils, the “positive” discrimination in favour of muslims and the discrimination against christians may end up leading to race riots.
Good.  Let the likes of the Islamic Human Rights Commission and the Muslim Council of Britain justify […]

Mrs Sane’s cousin owns a posh restaurant in Chester (Micheal Owen goes there from time to time) so we went for a meal today.
It’s only a small restaurant - 40 odd seats - but at £16 for 3 courses of some of the best food I’ve eaten (and believe me, I’ve eaten a lot of […]

I kid you not, Tesco are selling halal Ramadan advent calendars.  I went to Tesco yesterday and there they were, on the end of one of the aisles.  Looked like they’d been selling quite well too.

Clare Short has resigned from the Labour Stazi and will spend remain as an independent MP until the next election when she will stand down.
She was reprimanded recently for saying she hoped there would be a hung parliament after the next election and for criticising the party and Traitor Blair.
Full story: BBC News

Criminals are now being locked up in English police cells at huge cost because all our prisons are full.
The British government is now considering building prison ships to take the strain.
Prison ships are a good idea for certain types of prisoners - those who are likely to try and escape for instance - but for […]

A known paedophile kidnapped a 6 year old girl while she was in the bath, violently raped her and left her naked in a lane.
He molested a 12 year old girl 5 years ago, was caught and locked up.  He was released after 2 years because a judge thought he was sorry for what he […]

Front page on todays Dail Mail:

Medical apartheid as English cancer patients are denied life-extending drug
Terminal cancer patients accused Health Secretary of condemning them to death because they are English after the NHS drug rationing body refused to fund a new wonder drug that is available in Scotland.
Patricia Hewitt came under fire from three women with […]

I’m back.
Mrs Sane and I managed to get away without the kids for a few days to go back to Alvaston Hall, the no-kids-allowed hotel we went to last year.  Missing the tropicarium (like a sauna but not as hot), sauna, steam room and spa already …

Yes, I know I’ve been on holiday about 4 times already this year but I’m going again.  We’re going back to Alvaston Hall in Nantwich, the no-kids hotel we went to last year.  Five days of peace, quiet and relaxation without the children.  Feel a bit guilty about leaving the kids behind of course but it’s […]

Ruth Kelly says that we need to fight extremism which includes the “still poisonous” far right (presumably she means the left-wing socialist border-line Communist BNP).  She says that the British government will be working with colleges and universities to combat extremism that festers there.
Lord Nazir Ahmed trots out the usual durge about muslims being victims.  Apparently, […]

I was tinkering with the widgets for the West Midlands NO! blog and spotted one called “Meebo”.  In the spirit of online adventure I visited meebo.com and I’m certainly glad I did!
Basically, it’s a kind of web messenger with a twist.  If you’ve ever used Trillian you’ll recognise the functionality.  You can log in to multiple […]

A school in Kent forced a pupil to eat his lunch outside the dinner hall because his packed lunch breached their guidelines on healthy eating.
The school has a rule that meals are allowed a maximum of 2 snacks but 10 year old Ryan Stupples had a fromage frais yoghurt, a packet of cheese biscuits and […]

A BA check-in employee has been suspended for refusing to remove the small crucifix that she wore (the size of a 5p piece).
However, BA do allow a head scarf, turban and bangles to be worn conspicuously but a crucifix must be covered up.

Northern Ireland will, if all goes to plan, have its devolved government restored by March 2007.
The “St Andrews Agreement” will include:

A financial package (ie. they will be given more English taxes)
The introduction of a Victims Commissioner for Northern Ireland (because 73% of the population being officially designated victims already isn’t enough)
A permanent secretariat to the […]

Somebody needs a slap, any volunteers?
A 14 year old girl was accused of being a racist at school, put into isolation and then a week later was arrested by the police and questioned for 4 hours before being released without charge.
Her crime?  She was put in a group for a science lesson with 5 other […]

Source: BBC News
A muslim woman has been suspended for refusing to remove her veil when teaching English.
Staff and pupils had complained that they found her hard to understand when she was wearing her veil.  The school has a lot of children who speak English as a second language and they need to be able to see […]

The European Federation wants to force car drivers to use their headlights at all times.
The British government says it will result in the death of more motorcyclists because their riding lights will no long make them stand out from the crowd but they have admitted that they will be unable to veto a directive forcing motorists to […]

The Illiberal Democrats are up shit creek without a paddle.
They received a £2.4m donation from 5th Avenue Partners Ltd, a company that the High Court has ruled is entirely fraudulent and has never traded.  Electoral law says that a company must be carrying on business in the UK to be allowed to make a donation to […]

Boris Johnson has got out his special laser-guided hammer and hit the nail right on the head over the Iran and North Korea nuclear bomb “story”.
He suggests that Iran should be allowed, maybe even helped, to develop nuclear weapons in the hope that it will put the Americans off invading saving them.  As he quite […]

The British government is offering funding to Islamic groups that can “prove” they are tackling extremism.
Massoud Shadjareh of the Islamic Human Rights Commission says “The deliberate confusion surrounding the word extremism is a ploy by the government to use its financial muscle to socially engineer a new brand of Islam”.
Any complaints if the British government […]

Clare Short has been reprimanded by the Labour Stazi for saying that she is embarassed of the party and she will be campaigning for a hung parliament in the next election.
The Labour Stazi constitution demands respect for fellow MP’s, an article which is interpreted as meaning “the party is good, the party is great, surrender […]

Princess Tony says there is a will to restore devolution to Northern Ireland.  I wonder if it’s more or less of a will for an English Parliament which every survey in the last 12 months or so has shown to be the will of the majority of English people.  So can we have devolution too?  I’ve asked our […]

North Korea again, ho hum.  Bush the warmonger says North Korea will face “serious repercussions” for testing a nuclear bomb.  Princess Tony says that North Korea should face more sanctions, Bush is trying to get the UN to impose more sanctions and North Korea says that sanctions will be an act of war.
Enough is enough […]

How can the 4th ranked team in the world lose 2-0 to Croatia?  Fair enough, Croatia are a decent team but England is … well, England.
Bring back Sven and Beckham and lets start winning again.
The only consolation is that Ukraine beat North Britain 2-0 as well.

Take a look at 18 Doughty Street - a webcast political TV “channel” with personality.
Looks good so far.  Dunno what to make of that dodgy Iain Dale bloke though.

North Britain plays Ukraine tonight.  The match is live on BBC2 … come on Uuuuuuukraine.

The British government has announced that the ID card will cost £5.4bn to set up and run over the next 10 years.
Pull the other one, it’s got bells on!
The cost to the Home Office might be £5.4bn for 10 years but the real costs will be well above that.  Every public body that wants - or […]

According to a new report by Civitas, the majority of Britons are now officially recognised as members of an “oppressed group”.
“Oppressed groups” include birds women, puffs homosexuals, cripples disabled people and darkies ethnic minorities.  Think I just managed to get away with that one which is good because members of these “oppressed groups” - 73% […]

This country is supposedly governed by the rule of law. So why is it that the British government can decide to obstruct the lawful challenge of an unlawful conviction because they believe the conviction was morally right?
ContraTory carries an article about the unlawful convictions of motorists on illegal level crossings.  It appears that several hundred […]

I suppose it was inevitible that I couldn’t ignore North Korea forever.  To be honest, I thought it was just a flash in the pan and everyone would get bored of what is essentially a non-issue but no, it’s got to be dragged through the media feeding frenzy for a bit first.
North Korea has tested […]