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There is a sense of irony with this story because whenever Britain gets a sniff of an outbreak, whether salmonella in eggs or mad cow disease in our beef other European countries ban our produce within minutes. So, why does Spain think there is a sense of injustice with Germany over the 15 deaths and over 1,150 cases of suspected e-coli from Spanish cucumbers? The response from Rosa Aguilar, the Spanish agriculture minister was; "We want Germany to provide, without any delay and distractions... Read Full Story

Just eleven days after Scottish Labour announced their new front bench team, they have been plunged into turmoil as Malcolm Chisholm resigns. Malcolm Chisholm was their education and life long learning spokesman. Malcolm Chisholm said he reconsidered his position after failing to be appointed by his party as convener of Holyrood's health committee. A Labour spokesman said: "Iain Gray asked Malcolm Chisholm to use his experience and ability in the shadow cabinet and he had agreed to do so. "He... Read Full Story

Another one bites the dust. This time a peer is jailed. Basically, Lord Taylor lived in Ealing, West London but actually claimed his main residence was in fact in Oxford.  The property in Oxford was owned by his nephew. He pleaded not guilty to the charges - saying had been told by senior peers it was normal practice to make false expenses claims - but was convicted in January. His legal team argued that he should not face prison because, as a peer, his crimes were less serious than those of... Read Full Story

Oh dear, as usual FIFA's President Sepp Blatter cannot see the wood for the trees. This Wednesday FIFA will select its new President, however, there is now only one candidate, that is the current controversial President, one Joseph Sepp Blatter. His opponent and the only rival candidate - Mohamed Bin Hammam, president of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) - pulled out having been suspended by Fifa's own ethics committee over allegations that financial incentives were offered to Caribbean... Read Full Story

Continuing my regular monthly stat porn figures for anyone who is remotely interested in who reads my little blog, what stories they read and from where they read it, the monthly summary of my visitor stats according to google analytics is as below for April 2011. The busiest day on my blog last month was Sunday 17th April, the day I blogged about John Lamont's short term memory loss, as he attacks an opponent for wanting to be an MP - as he did just twelve months ago! Last month I had 1,182... Read Full Story

Continuing my regular monthly stat porn figures for anyone who is remotely interested in who reads my little blog, what stories they read and from where they read it, the monthly summary of my visitor stats according to google analytics is as below for March 2011. The busiest day on my blog last month was Sunday 20th March, the day I blogged about the iphone app that claims to cure you if you are gay. Last month I had 1,543 absolute unique visitors, a decent increase on last month. They made... Read Full Story

Caron Lindsay will be proud as well as slightly annoyed, sitting there going, told you so. I am on three days annual leave starting today, but true to form, I started by going into the office for 90 minutes to finish some bits off that needed to be done and I have answered a few emails during the day. Once I had finished I walked back to Princes Street via a few shops and then decided to catch the first bus that came to the nearest bus stop and see where that took me. So, a 26 bus was first... Read Full Story

Despite a torrid season and many promises from the Edinburgh Capitals (Edinburgh's ice hockey team, based at Murrayfield), none of which were forthcoming, there is hope for next season and currently it does look as if the Caps will be playing in the Elite league once again. However, as I said, last seasons promises were not forthcoming so I am not holding my breath this time. As usual news from the club has been quiet. In fact, just two news stories of any substance. The first being the... Read Full Story

So, this week has been the week of super injunctions, gagging orders and accusations. The Sunday Herald, or as it is known on some of its competitors websites, the newspaper that cannot be named, has taken the plunge and named he who cannot be named. The Sunday Herald’s front page; “Everyone knows that this is the footballer accused of using the courts to keep allegations of a sexual affair secret. But we weren’t supposed to tell you that…,” Due to the increased traffic to the Sunday Herald’s... Read Full Story

I had meant to blog about this when the PCC announced the ruling, but I was recovering from the election. I am very pleased that the PCC have ruled against the Daily Telegraph, for two reasons. The Daily Telegraph articles quoted a number of private comments made by senior Liberal Democrat MPs in their constituency surgeries which had been secretly recorded by the newspaper's journalists posing as constituents. The MPs featured included the Business Secretary, Vince Cable, in addition to... Read Full Story