Friday, 29 May 2009

Jacqui Smith and RIPA

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In April 2009 Jacqui Smith was reported as saying that councils have gone too far with using RIPA to snoop on people who commit minor offenc...
Thursday, 28 May 2009

PR and Mrs Rigby.

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Sometimes things make Mrs Rigby feel a bit nice but dim, Proportional Representation has been one of those things. Some politicians have bee...

Flags and Americans.

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Hmm, so it happens in America too. Woman Upset after American Flag Taken Down at Work Debbie McLucas is one of four hospital supervisors at ...

Brown gets D-Day wrong, again!

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Gordon Brown, bless him, seems to keep making mistakes when it comes to matters military. He made a bit of a blunder trying to keep the Gurk...
Wednesday, 27 May 2009

Mr Darling and his accountant get it wrong

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Mrs R wouldn't like to be in Mr Darling's accountant's shoes this morning when they read this item in the Telegraph. She would ...
Tuesday, 26 May 2009

Somebody wants Scottish secession, with extras!

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Mrs R spotted this comment in the Guardian yesterday, relating to an article written by Will Hutton If the UK leaves the EU I will be one of...
Sunday, 24 May 2009

An MP's threatening letter.

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Mrs Rigby notes that some MPs don't seem to realise they're there to listen to their constituents, even if they don't like what ...
Thursday, 21 May 2009

Audit - unavailable.

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A questioner on Newsnight tonight mentioned that any spending of Public Money is required to be audited, by law. Apparently it's never h...

A "citizen" who lives in a "region".

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Mrs R is asked, now and then, for her opinion. The other day, in the profiling questions at the beginning, she was asked of which "reg...

Sir Ranulph Fiennes is on top of the world.

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At sixty five Sir Ranulph is the oldest Briton to reach the summit of Everest, where he planted the Marie Curie flag at 01:00 UK time this ...