The Glorious Twelfth: But for whom? The Glorious Twelfth: But for whom? Above, a dinghy full of migrants sails under a rising sun a few miles…
Hiroshima: 70 years on. The debate about dropping “Little Boy” started shortly after Colonel Tibbets brought the Enola Gay to a halt on Tinian’s…
Tom Hayes: The punishment should fit the crime. THIS ONE DOES NOT. Joshua Rozenberg writing in the Guardian suggests that the 14 years handed down to Mr Hayes for Libor rate fixing…
To Kowtow or not to Kowtow: That is the question. The Right Honourable Theresa May, PC, MP Home Secretary and the Member of Parliament for Maidenhead has had placed on…
An open letter to George Osborne, Chancellor of the Exchequer. Dear George, The Editor of this organ is writing not only on his own behalf but also on the behalf…
Weather on Pluto: Hazier than expected. Flowing ice covering the surface. Above, an image (click to enlarge) captured by the New Horizons spacecraft with enhanced colours to show differences in the…
Greece: We told you so. In our earlier article (http://www.british-gazette.co.uk/2015/07/02/impresario-juncker-presents-the-greeks-will-they-or-wont-they/) this organ advised the Reader that a “Grexit” was a remote prospect. This against the…
The UK State Pension: Moving the Goal Posts. The following statement was made on an advice website: “The state pension age is set to rise to 66 for…
The Great Glow Bull Warning Scam: The Evidence is right before you! Your Editor has mentioned this before in previous articles, but it is worth mentioning again: An old friend of my…
Death and Carbon Taxes. Mention, death and taxes in the same phrase and people automatically think of Benjamin Franklin’s famous quotation: “Our new Constitution…