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How the whole business of Andrew Mitchell’s allegedly discourteous comments to a police officer has become headline news this weekend is quite frankly beyond me. Cameron’s acceptance of Mitchell’s apology is the headline today on the BBC and the Chief…
The coalition government has tended to be divided on their policies towards young adults. The Lib Dems went into power with their pledge to oppose any increase on student fees, while the Tories were pretty certain that an increase would…
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Bring Back the Death Penalty? Featured
The deaths of two PCs in Greater Manchester are of course, utterly tragic. Chief Constable Sir Peter Fahey has described it as one of the “darkest days” in the history of the police force. The pointlessness of it is also…
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Wiggins Lashes Out at Twitter Twits Featured
Britain’s Olympic gold medal-winning cyclist Bradley Wiggins has hit out at critics on Twitter who suggest riders must take drugs to win the Tour de France. Wiggins was speaking after retaining the yellow jersey after stage eight of the 2012…
Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner has demanded that Britain enter negotiations over the sovereignty of the Falkland Islands. She was addressing the UN Committee on Decolonisation on the 30th anniversary of the UK territory's liberation from Argentine occupation. She…
The Beauty of Twitter Featured
Twitter started in 2006 and has now grown to an active user base of over 100m all creating at least one ‘tweet’ – a message on the service – per day. Over 200m users are registered on the service, but…
Tim Ireland is an Australian blogger currently based in Surrey, England. He has set up and run various blogs over recent years including Wibbler.com and Bloggerheads.com. Ireland is well known in the blogosphere for poisonous character assassinations which have included that of rival bloggers Paul Staines (aka Guido Fawkes), Derek Draper and Iain Dale.
With a far left-wing agenda, Ireland has had run-ins with many people who invariably tend to ignore him and put him in the hands of their lawyers. These include the Uzbek capitalist Alisher Usmanov - who closed Ireland’s site down in 2007 - and various Tory members of parliament too numerous to list here.
Losers of the Far Left Featured
I like weddings. They are one of the few occasions one gets to see people who really can’t stand the sight of each other rubbing shoulders and putting on bella cara for the sake of the bride and groom. If…
The Adelaide Street Campaign Featured
The Westminster Journal is proud to join tireless campaigner and prominent Londoner, the celebrated photographer Allan Warren, in getting Adelaide Street cleaned up. This wonderful street at the heart of London is suffering from smelly urinals and the whiff of…
Sir Alex Ferguson – Time to Retire Featured
In today’s Liverpool versus Manchester United Premiership match, Luis Suarez, the Liverpool striker, refused to shake the hand of Manchester United’s black defender, Patrice Evra. Suarez served an eight-match ban after the FA found him guilty of racially abusing French…
