Today I got a council tax reminder notice saying that if I didn't pay my late council tax within the next seven days I would be taken to court and incur an additional £95 court cost. It's dire straights these days: I had to choose between paying (continue reading / 4 comments)

We love to mock the Americans for electing the clownish, idiotic George W. Bush: now we can boast the same honour. By 140,000 votes (of 2,188,738), Boris Johnson is the elected leader of the largest electorate in Britain. Here's hoping (continue reading / 3 comments)

In response to a question in the comments from eoinhouly: ...I do not view this mayoral election as meaningful. All major decisions regarding education, healthcare etc are made at parlimentary level and I feel this reduces the significance (continue reading / 3 comments)