International Law

Blind leading the blind

Posted on March 03, 2008
Blind leading the blindPrince Harry to train soldiers in war techniques"Prince Harry is to resume his role training young soldiers in the techniques he learned in battle during his 10-week tour of duty in Afghanistan, The Daily Telegraph has learned"...

Man caught having sex with a Henry vacuum cleaner

Posted on March 03, 2008
Man caught having sex with a Henry vacuum cleaner"A Polish worker has come up with an unusual excuse after being caught in the act with a vacuum cleaner".That's what I call plumbing the depths.

Jeffrey Archer answers your questions

Posted on March 03, 2008
Jeffrey Archer answers your questions"Lord Archer, the best-selling novelist and former Tory politician, will be coming to the Telegraph offices on Wednesday to answer your questions".Not happy about the chappie twice dodging the question before I wonder if third time lucky he will be more obliging?During the 18Doughtystreet...

Lookalikes

Posted on March 03, 2008
Lookalikes Jasper Carrott with Nigel Farage and Ian Hislop in the backgroundMy entry won 3rd place in the Daily Telegraph caption competition.

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Junk Mail

Posted on March 03, 2008
Junk MailI am somewhat puzzled why the Guardian Media Section is reviewing a non-media event. That is, Iain Dale's intended publication Total Politics (which I have dubbed Total Bollocks for obvious reasons). As the review points out, it won't be published before May...

MPs fighting expenses scrutiny claim £10m

Posted on March 02, 2008
MPs fighting expenses scrutiny claim £10m"A group of more than 70 MPs opposed to full disclosure on parliamentary allowances have between them claimed more than £10.3 million in expenses, at a higher average rate than their colleagues".

LibDem MP in lesbian and cannabis scandal

Posted on March 02, 2008
LibDem MP in lesbian and cannabis scandalIain Dale once more fails to have his finger on the political pulse when he suggests that Susan Kramer, the LibDem MP for Richmond Park, is implying that Nick Clegg is not up to the job as LibDem leader. However, it is more likely that she is spitting out sour grapes...

Gas and electricity bosses told 'give back profits'

Posted on March 02, 2008
Gas and electricity bosses told 'give back profits'"The heads of the biggest gas and electricity companies are being ordered by the Government to hand over part of their multi-billion pound profits - or face a new windfall tax".About time too!

Guido's gaffe

Posted on March 01, 2008
Guido's gaffeThis idiot states that February in a leap year with 29 days "it was a short month".Actually, old chap, it was a long month.

Prince Harry marching back from war

Posted on March 01, 2008
Prince Harry marching back from war

Private Benjamin aka Lord Skaghead Mancroft

Posted on March 01, 2008
Private Benjamin aka Lord Skaghead Mancroft"A Conservative peer who branded nurses ?grubby, drunken and promiscuous? during a debate in the House of Lords faced a rebuke from David Cameron and fury from nursing leaders and ministers yesterday"."Lord Mancroft, chairman of the Addiction Recovery Foundation, was reported in The Times at the time as saying that his life had been governed for years by an addiction to heroin, cocaine, alcohol and pills"...

One per cent of Americans now in jail

Posted on March 01, 2008
One per cent of Americans now in jail"They used to call it the land of the free, but a new report shows that the United States is nowadays more a nation of the incarcerated. For the first time in history, more than 1 per cent of the US adult population is now behind bars...

The whole world's a stage ? even if you're in jail

Posted on March 01, 2008
The whole world's a stage ? even if you're in jail"Scarface, Brian de Palma's 1983 film starring Al Pacino as the violent gangster Tony Montana, has a cult following in Britain's prisons. So when posters advertising a play inspired by the movie went up around HMP Birmingham, they proved so popular inmates stole them from the walls"...

The one that got away

Posted on March 01, 2008
The one that got awayUnlike the hypocrite and liar Iain Dale, I make no bones about it, if I had heard about Prince Harry going off to fight his phoney war first I would have blogged it and claimed the exclusive.Unlike The Drudge Report, I would not claim that I had No Idea that the story had first been broken elsewhere, and then repeated again elsewhere, before picking it up and claiming a worldwide exclusive...

'Talented' Asperger's man escapes jail for exam fraud

Posted on March 01, 2008
'Talented' Asperger's man escapes jail for exam fraud"A highly intelligent former City banker who suffers from Asperger's syndrome and an economics student have been given suspended jail sentences for cheating in university exams".Drean's counsel told how his Asperger's disorder made him "vastly intelligent" but that it could make him act in socially unacceptable ways...

Let's clear up this dog fight

Posted on March 01, 2008
Let's clear up this dog fight"Tensions are rising between dog-lovers and dog-haters - and the haters are winning"I hope Janice Turner is wrong about the dog-haters winning, because Rocky and I have our work cut out convincing a jury if this is the case.

Tory plan to rob the old and poor to pay for the sick

Posted on February 29, 2008
Tory plan to rob the old and poor to pay for the sickGeorge Osborne, the Shadow Chancellor, intends to cut pensions and benefits to put extra money into the NHS. This news comes at a time when MPs are seeking a £20,000 pay rise to reclaim back the money they can no longer fiddle from their expenses claims...

European Court of Human Rights rejects David Miliband's attempt to deport terrorist suspects to be tortured

Posted on February 29, 2008
European Court of Human Rights rejects David Miliband's attempt to deport terrorist suspects to be tortured"Britain?s efforts to deport terrorist suspects including the radical Muslim cleric Abu Qatada were dealt a serious blow by the European Court of Human Rights yesterday"...

Eighty prisoners released early every day

Posted on February 29, 2008
Eighty prisoners released early every day"Nearly 80 prisoners a day were freed before their sentences were finished last month, swelling the total number of prisoners released early since last June to more than 18,500.The news came as it emerged that Jack Straw, the Justice Secretary, has failed to persuade magistrates to jail fewer criminals with prisons full to capacity and running at a record high for the second week running"...

Madeleine McCann parents face new interview

Posted on February 29, 2008
Madeleine McCann parents face new interviewA spokesman for the McCanns said: "They've nothing to hide".That's because the McCanns have already hidden Madeleine.photo: Hat-Tip to Noclue. The McCanns walking past the spot where they buried Madeleine

Saving Prince Harry

Posted on February 29, 2008
Saving Prince HarrySteven Spielberg has announced that he is to direct a new film called Saving Prince Harry. The blockbuster movie is about a poor little rich boy who has a fantasy about being an ordinary person who wanted to go to war as an ordinary soldier...

Prince Harry's phoney war

Posted on February 28, 2008
Prince Harry's phoney warThe BBC 6 O' Clock News reported that Prince Harry has been in Afghanistan in the front line fighting the Taliban for 10 weeks. However, the photo opportunity showed the prince in a heavily fortified camp behind the lines sat behind a desk...

Man refuses to pay dog walk fine

Posted on February 28, 2008
Man refuses to pay dog walk fine"A factory worker could be brought to court after refusing to pay a £75 fine for walking his dog in a cemetery".

Bid to gain pardons for 'witches'

Posted on February 28, 2008
Bid to gain pardons for 'witches'"A petition is being handed in to the Scottish Parliament calling for a pardon for all those convicted under witchcraft legislation".

The pensioners who opt for prison

Posted on February 28, 2008
The pensioners who opt for prison"A growing band of pensioners who are prepared to go to jail rather than pay their council tax will challenge local authorities again this year".This case highlights a new definition of the term old lags.

Jack Straw scraps reform of prostitute law to avoid prison officer strike

Posted on February 28, 2008
Jack Straw scraps reform of prostitute law to avoid prison officer strike"Jack Straw dropped measures to overhaul the law on prostitution yesterday to ensure that a Bill that prevents prison officers from striking is law by May".

Should Boris Johnson have been shot on the spot for looting?

Posted on February 28, 2008
Should Boris Johnson have been shot on the spot for looting?The Thief of Bagdad, Boris Johnson, "has agreed to give back the [cigar] case [which he looted] but spoke of his astonishment at the intervention of the police".I think it is a shame that Boris Johnson was not treated like all other looters and shot on the spot...

Three go missing from open prison

Posted on February 27, 2008
Three go missing from open prison"Three inmates have absconded from an open jail in south Gloucestershire".I wonder if they could argue that they were only easing the prison overcrowding crisis if and when they are captured?

Do you wear jammies or are you a jammie dodger?

Posted on February 27, 2008
Do you wear jammies or are you a jammie dodger?Well known blogger turns to porno to boost his stats. All will be revealed on Friday.

Police laying in wait

Posted on February 27, 2008
Police laying in waitFollowing this report of police illicit use of patrol cars to visit the seaside. Yesterday, I actually found evidence of police working in Hull. They were busy setting traps for unsuspecting motorists. Given the amount of recent thefts from cars in my neighbourhood at night, perhaps they could have laid traps to catch the thieves instead?

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