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I’m glad Chelsea lost. Not because of any particular hostility towards that club or its supporters, I must say. I do wonder, though, how many Chelsea fans really care how Roman Abramovich made his money. How many of them wonder how a 37-year-old was able to acquire such a vast fortune in a poor country? How many people were terrorised, threatened, possibly even killed? To make that kind of money is difficult; to make that kind of money in a quasi-anarchic country like Russia is doubly difficult. ...

It’s interesting, and also slightly depressing, to read the general hostility towards industrial action and, indeed, trade unions in general in Britain today. We really are living in the generation of Thatcher’s children.

The British Airways dispute is a case in point (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8571456.stm). I freely admit that I’ve not researched the entire nature of this dispute and I’m of the view that, in some disputes, unless you’re personally involved you can’t really ...

Yesterday (Tuesday) I was in college and myself and 3 other friends one of which is a Roman Catholic decided to drive around the town in our free time.

We went and got into the Catholic girls car and to my shock I noticed 2 pictures on the front Dash in the shape of a heart of Pope John Paul and the current Pope. I didn't know this girl took religion that serious as she has never seemed in any way religious at all.

I couldn't hold myself back and I made a comment ...

The tragic, and I’d have to say bizarre, deaths of three Russians in the Springburn area of Glasgow (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/...st/8554849.stm) has re-awoken Robina Qureshi, director of a curiously-named charity, Positive Action in Housing, which acts for the interests of asylum seekers and as an activist vehicle for Ms Qureshi. Ms Qureshi is a recipient of significant taxpayer funds for her charity but acts in a way that is often against the interests of taxpayers – and ...

Red Friday - PLEASE PASS THIS ON

Last week I was in West London attending a conference.

While I was in the airport, returning home, I heard several
people behind me beginning to clap and cheer.

I immediately turned around and witnessed one of the
greatest acts of patriotism I have ever seen.

Moving through the terminal was a group of soldiers in
their uniforms, as they began heading to their gate everyone
(well ...