Politics
London and Her Part in the Making of Historical England
If you want to capture the making of historical England there is no better place to look than London. Its history is a microcosm of the rest of the country and can be likened to a leader of fashion, what London did one day the rest of the country and indeed other countries followed the […]
Are the Streets of Historical London Paved with Gold?
The story tells that the streets of historical London are paved with Gold but to be honest I am not sure whether that is really the case as I have never found any.
However what I can tell you is true that the streets are wealth of historical interest, telling their own story of the development […]
The Brown Navy And It’s Roll In The Vietnam War
The concept of riverine forces was not new to Southeast Asia. During the Indochina War of 1946-54, French forces created the Dinassauts, which were combat organizations designed to operate in the hostile environment of Vietnam’s waterways. These employed a variety of modified landing craft in the fire support and stop and search roles. […]
The 2008 Elections: Will You Get Exactly What You Wish For?
Back in 2006 the Democrat Party and their Mainstream Media sponsors initiated an ad campaign that rightfully exposed those Republicans who were abusing their power. The Republicans who had seized control of both Houses in 1994 by promising Conservatism had reneged on their, “Contract with America”. Of course they were aided by a White House […]
Obama Change in Campaign Tactics May Prove Fatal
Barack Obama, once the darling can do no wrong presidential candidate of the media, seems to be on a slippery downward slope since his highly publicized foreign tour to the Mid East, Iraq, Afghanistan, and Europe.
“Barack Obama has long been his party’s presumptive nominee. Now he’s becoming its presumptuous nominee,” wrote Dana Milbank, […]
Labour Looks to Re-Write Its Own Rules
Surely most of us have been in a financial quagmire at some point in our lives and learned that borrowing your way out is not the answer. Not Gordon Brown and Alistair Darling.
As the global recession lumbers closer, the government has announced its latest attempt to cope; re-writing the rules. With less money coming in […]
Live and Let Die - Government Funds End of Life Care
‘One should die proudly when it is no longer possible to live proudly’. Nietzsche.
The UK is set to introduce their first ever End of Life Care strategy to enable people to have more choice about how and where they die. The government is expected to fund this strategy with a 286m pound investment over a […]
Death on the Road - Dangerous Drivers To Face Tougher Sentences
The Road Traffic Act 1991’s definition of dangerous driving states that ‘a person who causes the death of another person by driving a mechanically propelled vehicle dangerously on a road or other public place is guilty of an offence.’ The ambiguity has forced the Sentencing Guidelines Council (SGC) to redefine the term ‘dangerous driving’ to […]