A few weeks back the BBC’s Evan Davis presented The Day The Immigrants Left, a reality TV show in which unemployed Brits were trialled in jobs more typically done by immigrants. It is something of a commonplace amongst middle class liberals praise the work ethic of immigrants in relation to the more dissolute Brits (this [...]
Last week I helped publicise efforts to free Nick Hogan – sentenced to jail for his failure to pay fines for breaching the smoking ban. I am pleased to report that he is now free after the blogosphere raised nearly 10k in 4 days! Anna Raccoon has more.
It hardly needs saying that on most issues [...]
There isn’t a lot of love for illegal downloaders on this blog, and to some extent I think that’s fair. But even if we accept that the activities of Pirate Bay and their ilk are ultimately unjustifiable, the jaw-dropping stupidity of some of the comments from the anti-piracy camp shouldn’t be allowed to go through [...]
The all you can eat restaurant is a true joy. Although I wouldn’t go so far as to hold it up as the exemplary culinary experience post-revolution, there is certainly a gorging charm to the total binge-worthy derailment of it all. Last night the Third Estate bloggers met (as in, in person, no less) at the [...]
Well this morning I was on betfair politics zone. For those unfarmiliar with betfair, its an ingenious system in which you lay bets against fellow punters. If you reckon, say, that Man U will win the league, your money will be matched up with someone who reckons they won’t. The odds you get go up [...]
“Not all companies get the urgency of climate change yet but their customers have more power than they think. Last week, I left the outer packaging of my shopping on the till at Tesco.” – Tamsin Omond demonstrating her commitment to environmentalism by leaving an underpaid cashier to clear up her mess.
I winced yesterday as [...]
Have you ever wanted to ruin someone’s life with a false accusation? If so your life has now got easier, thanks to the governments arbitrary, dangerous and illiberal vetting and barring scheme. I hope you enjoy my third rant.
My phone contract ran out of contract a few months ago, so I am told that I am apparently entitled to an upgrade. Great, I think. I go out and investigate getting a new iPhone, because I’m told that this is a really useful bit of kit, but little do I suspect that this is [...]
It was reported today that the number of long term unemployed has risen by 37,000 to 663k. Such a stat reveals a huge level of serious personal hardship. Yet, as I have written here before, it also represents, if you like, the real hangover that will haunt our future economy. The simple fact is that [...]
Housing minister John Healy has announced that councils will soon be able to limit the number of shared houses in their localities. Landlords who wish to rent out homes to 3 or more unrelated people face having to seek planning permission. Allegedly such measures are being put in place to curb anti-social behaviour. I would [...]
