Last week there was a story about a flat in Cardiff getting VAT bills for 11,000 Chinese companies. It really illustrates the contrast in this govenment's priorities. They introduce the Voter ID… (View Post)

I was on this site, as just plain "Alan" then, while the Tory leadership election was taking place in 2005. Malcolm Rifkind was a potential candidate for the leadership (he eventually didn&… (View Post)

Some of us remember the Crisp/Red Rum race which was 50 years ago. (View Post)

The new Casement Park, and the new Everton stadium are both included, though not yet built. (View Post)

I used to work for a middling-size IT company. Turnover about £100m. One client insisted we "partnered" with one of the "big boys" IBM, Accenture etc. on a big project. Why? "… (View Post)