Monthly Archives: October 2008

These words were Margaret Thatcher’s response when told that Port Stanley had been re-taken and that the Falklands Islands were back under British control.  They also seemed the ideal injunction as we celebrated the Twentieth anniversary of her famous Bruges … Continue reading →

I welcome the British government’s decision to advise councils not to prosecute traders for selling goods in Imperial measures.  But I am concerned that the law is still on the statute book, and that traders selling a pound of potatoes … Continue reading →

This graph shows average global temperature records for the last five years from two of the world’s most respected meteorological institutes, the UK’s Hadley Centre, and the University of Alabama in the US.  Both show a clear downward trend, and … Continue reading →