Now that the smoke of battle (and confusion) of General Election 2010 has cleared and we have a Coalition Government that hasn't yet been proven to be the spawn of Beelzebub, can I make a suggestion t…
Back in January 2009, there was a little article in The Guardian referring to thefunding of a film by Chris Morris by FilmFour, the film production arm of Channel 4. The film, "4 Lions", has now bee…
Doing some Python Bioinformatics today - finally making a wee bit of use of my degree after a couple of decades... #fb # Off to church! # I'm getting all Wagnerian for Saturday evening - the overture …
Pouring petrol.... RT @StarSparkle_UK: We're waiting now for some smoke to appear above no.10... - does anyone know where Gordon is? :D # You've had 13 years - don't come crawling now you've lost. RT …
Less than 2 hours after the closing of the Polls in the UK's General Election, it's clear that there have been some cock-ups in the logistical management of the election that makes most developing wor…
Over the last few days there's been some very strange stories emerging and then submerging again in the UK Media - the General Election has made the silly season come early this years. One story abo…
There's a scene in Monty Python's 'The Life of Brian' in which a character asks 'What have the Romans ever done for us?' This is then followed by a host of other characters giving many useful things …
The little grey cells are still going through the mill here at Pritchard Towers as I try and work out who it is I'm going to be voting for on Thursday morning. Actually, I'll be voting twice - local …
I was 18 years old in 1979; people of a certain age will remember that year as being the start of the 'Thatcher Years' - the start of 11 years of Tory Government that was characterised by radical righ…
For a senior politician to be filmed 'meeting the people' is a feat of great courage that is fraught on all sides with danger. The voter may hate your guts, may egg you, may tell you things you don't…