David Cameron’s Bike

David Cameron, possible future Prime Minister, has had his bike nicked. He foolishly left it on Portobello Road locked only to itself, so it was easily picked up and carried away.
This is a great photo of Cameron just after. I like the fact that he’s outside a bookmakers, with it’s implications of risk and reward, [...]

Sceptical about climate change?

This is the story that’s made me the most angry in recent months, but I missed writing about it because I was on holiday (better late than never). It’s the Observer story with the headline: most Britons doubt cause of climate change. It was based on a Ipsos Mori survey that can be found here [...]

Knives and hospitals

Well, I’m just back from a holiday so I missed some news and haven’t posted here for a while. While I was away, though, I listened to a fair bit of radio news and so am well informed about this year’s moral panic, knife crime. Now don’t get me wrong – knives, guns and murder [...]