Archive for March, 2009

Formation-flying UFOs over London

Sun reader Faye Sharp has spotted nine formation-flying UFOs over London, the hitherto-unremarked Wolverley Street, Bethnal Green to be precise.

Faye was checking for her pals on Google Street View, the new service that seems to be revolutionising our lives (a …

Jacqui Smith joke’s on Brown

They sometimes say that ridicule is the most dangerous weapon that people in public life face, and this may well be the undoing of Home Secretary Jaqui Smith.

When it was revealed that Jacqui was claiming her substantial detached house where …

Is Chrysler and Fiat really a good idea?

Barack Obama has finally lost patience with the US car industry.

In effect he’s sacked General Motors CEO Rick Wagoner and told Chrysler that it had better rescue itself by completing its long-mooted deal with Italian manufacturer Fiat. Otherwise there’s no …

Cameron ejects Wheeler, not before time

The Conservative Party announced today that it had expelled Stuart Wheeler, one of its leading donors.

Wheeler’s ‘crime’ was to gift £100,000 to the United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP), a refuge for disaffected Tories hostile to Europe (of whom Wheeler is …

Is a Google car a good idea?

On the face of it the answer’s yes, as Tesla Motors tries to win $350m in government cash for its $35,000 Model S all-electric sedan.

Google founders Serguy Brin and Larry Page are big investors in Tesla and the Model S, …

Why can’t Barack see the real Britain?

Barack Obama will only be in Britain for a day or so but, when he’s not reading out a pre-prepared script at the G20 economic circus will be taking tea at Downing Street, having cocktails with the Queen and tucking …

More blues for Jacqui Smith

Under-fire home secretary Jacqui Smith is in more trouble for claiming £67 for a Virgin Media bill which included two pay-per-view porn films.

The offending telly was in her Redditch constituency which is occupied by her husband and assistant (she, or …

Be radical, give up the Falklands Gordon!

Gordon Brown won’t of course, despite being pressed on the subject by Argentina’s rather fetching president Christina Fernandez.

We did, after all, fight a rather bloody war with Argentina over the Falkland Islands in 1982 and the last thing Gordon Brown is …

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