The RAFs toys and MoD ineptitude
The Royal Air Force needs two main types of combat aircraft. Firstly those that shoot down enemy aircraft and secondly those that attack things on the ground. With the last […]
News analysis
The destruction of the marine ecosystem
About 70% of the earth’s surface is covered with water and with the energy of the sun this environment should be teeming with life. That it isn’t is purely down […]
963,000 NEETs
So the latest figures are out and we have nearly a million young people Not in Education Employment or Training. Yet we have well over a million recent immigrants from […]
AV voting, no thank you
The Liberal Democratic party in Britain come third in general elections and are fed up with this. So instead of coming up with policies and candidates that attract more votes […]
The folly that is the Euro
I have written here before that there is schizophrenia about what the EU really is. Have we created a free trade area or are we trying to create a superstate? […]
Libya, a time for diplomacy
The Libyan coastal strip is a strange place to conduct a war, the distances are vast and there is nothing there but desert and a few small towns that are […]
Rally Against Debt
Let your reasonable, informed, intelligent voice be heard in London starting at 11.00am on Saturday 14 May in this sensible gathering that asks the government to act firmly on the […]
Libya, the endgame
So Colonel Gaddafi has lost, it is just a matter of time to his departure day. Militarily the ground forces against him are singularly unimpressive and fire most of their […]
Crass stupidity of union protest in London
Firstly they are against “cuts”. What alternatives are there for the government? Borrow even more money and throw it away in profligate spending like Gordon Brown did? How much debt […]
The NHS as an example of Labour mismanagement
The NHS consists of medical staff such as doctors, nurses, dentists, physiotherapists etc who look after their patients. It also requires managers who allocate resources. Being as this is a […]
Libya update
Thus far, militarily, this has been a perfect campaign. The alliance have acted in a measured and restrained manner to implement the UN resolution to the letter, they are implementing […]
The West and Libya
Last night’s UN resolution is a major political triumph for David Cameron, it is he that first floated the no fly zone idea, he has stuck to his guns through […]