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Just a thought that I have been meaning to put up here for a few weeks, but I do wonder how God would fair if he had to be elected to office. I find the thought vaguely offensive, but go with it for a moment. I have often thought that the real trap for the politicians is that the things that they need...

Is it just me or is anyone else sick and tired of hearing about US politics on British news? I don't mind so much when there is some news that will affect us from 'over the pond', but at the moment the so-called primaries are dominating headline news. I thought primaries were schools for...

I caught half a news story this morning about the state visit of the King of Saudi Arabia, King Abdullah, to Britian this week. Apparently Vince Cable, acting leader of the Lib Dems, has announced that he will be boycotting the party. Now, I really don't know enough to know whether I would do the...

I do wonder about the election that never was. I had got as far as setting up political candidates for hustings... and then it never happened. Did Gordon Brown bottle it? I don't reckon he did. His job is to make the best decision for the country, and if he didn't believe that was for him to...

I have decided that I am going to try to write more shorter blog postings. Will this be better? I'll let you tell me. Today, though, it's Ming on my mind. Odd name (just makes me think of "... the merciless", or "Minger", "Minging", etc), but what an example. Perhaps...

I can’t decide if I am reading the papers or a le Carré novel. The Russians are accused of murdering a British citizen on British soil and won’t let the accused be extradited to stand trial. This is where I begin to wake up, though. In the novel Mr Smiley, or whatever he was called, would have weaved...