A Grand Left Wing Conspiracy

Nigel Farage is going around telling anyone who’ll listen that there is an (presumably euro-philic) establishment conspiracy to shut down the Electoral CommissionUK Independence Party, based on the ‘trivial’ fact that they have been in receipt of hundreds of thousands of pounds of illegal donations. Far be it for me to gloat. Well, okay, I… Continue reading A Grand Left Wing Conspiracy

Kilroy woz here, there and everywhere

He’s back. And he’s even more bonkers than before. The arch eurosceptic who wants us out of the EU, nevertheless is now insisting that the Commission should prepare legislation to make it illegal to exclude women from mosques and prevent M&S from installing distorted mirrors. Personally, I stood in front of the radio open mouthed… Continue reading Kilroy woz here, there and everywhere

Poo-pooing McKeith

An excellent article by Ben Goldacre in today’s Guardian about Gillian McKeith, who has just agreed to stop using the word “doctor” in adverts promoting her products on the not unreasonable grounds that she isn’t one (legal qualification: with a recognised accreditation).