Sunday Sizzlers
Politics was sizzling last week. Yes, like any good British Fry Up, there was plenty of greasy meat to get your teeth into. The Iraq Inquiry under Sir John Chilcott and co began, and it was extremely revealing, and it was only week one. Of course, we all assume to know that Tony Blair misled parliament over Saddam’s alleged 45 minute Weapons of Mass Destruction capabilities, but w

Today in history
+++++++++++++++FIRST EVER FEMALE ELECTED ON THIS DAY, NOV 28, 1919, TO HOUSE OF COMMONS++++++++++++++++ Lady Nancy Astor, American born, unseated her husband, Waldorf Astor, and sat in parliament until 1945. She was a tireless campaigner of child and female rights, serving the constituency of Plymouth. And on this day, 1905, the controversial Irish political party Sinn Fein was founded in Dublin by Arthur Griffith.

Set Fags At A Devil Price
+++++++++++++++WOULD YOU BUY CIGARETTES IF THEY WERE SET AT A DEVIL PRICE?++++++++++++++++++++ Image via Wikipedia One commenter on the Blue Room blog has quite a formidable proposal on what to do with cigarettes, (apart from the obvious

Anti-EU Lord Pearson now UKIP Leader
++++++++++++++++LORD PEARSON OF RANNOCH ELECTED NEW UKIP LEADER+++++++++++++++ Image via Wikipedia He takes over from the outspoken

Modernisation came not before time
+++++++++++++++YOUNG PEOPLE NEED TO HAVE THE TOOLS TO UNDERSTAND POLITICS BEFORE THEY CAN VOTE+++++++++++++++++++++ THIS question (asked by a 17-year-old in the video, click on the read more to view) pops up quite a lot in politics. It’s about how to engage young people and get them enthused in the political process. My only point on this is, and I’ve made it before on here, is that politics sh