Merging My Two Blogs
In the next few days or weeks i will be merging this blog with my personal diary blog, i’ve decided to make this decision as i’ve just got very little time with my research to keep two blogs and having one blog to do both jobs i want it to do makes it easier for [...] Read Full Story
A Quiet Day In Politics
With the death of David Cameron’s son Ivan, the prime minister cancelled prime minister’s questions out of respect for Mr Cameron. It’s also interesting to point out the two rivals have one thing in common, they both have had their eldest children’s lives cut short. This may also make Mr Cameron think different about the way he [...] Read Full Story
David Cameron’s Son Has Passed Away
I’m sure that no matter what political background you lay your belief with, you can spare a moment to think of young Ivan Cameron who passed away last night in hospital. Ivan suffered from cerebral palsy and epilepsy and was admitted into a hospital in the Paddington area of  London last night. Read Full Story
Passengers Cheat Death Again…!
A Turkish Airlines flight has crash landed in a field outside Amsterdam Schiphol in the Netherlands, the story is another warming tale of a excellent pilot skills and currently the CEO of Turkish Airlines has reported no deaths. Have we become more paranoid about safety within the skies that we can no longer be killed in [...] Read Full Story
Has Mark’s & Spencer Got The Wrong Store Layout?
Today i went to Mark’s & Spencer, the company is a main high street store in the UK, as i walked into the store i was confronted with Women’s clothing and i walked around the lower floor to find the Gent’s section, it was actually on the upper floor. As a economist i’ve always worked on [...] Read Full Story
U2´s Vienna comeback gig snubbed by Jehovah’s Witnesses
Rock superstars U2 will not have a Vienna live comeback appearance this year as a Jehovah’s Witnesses’ event is blocking the stadium on the band’s preferred days. The Irish four-piece reportedly planned to return to Austria on 7 or 8 August to perform at Vienna’s 51,000-seat Ernst Happel Stadium. However, the religious group has already leased [...] Read Full Story
Elisabeth Fritzl gives statement
Incest victim Elisabeth Fritzl has spoken out after pictures of her and daughter Kerstin were published last week. In the statement released by her lawyer Christoph Herbst, the 42-year-old says: “The permanent and persistent attempts of media representatives to get in touch with me and my children are an unbearable disturbance of my life. I do [...] Read Full Story
Police attack on US teacher brings back bad memories
Revelations this week that two Vienna policemen allegedly assaulted an African-American school teacher they mistook for a drug dealer have cast suspicion on the whether there is institutionalised racism in the police force. Mike B. who teaches English and Physical Education at the United Nations affiliated Vienna International School was attacked unannounced as he alighted an [...] Read Full Story
Strike threat to train services
The threat of disruption across the railway network grew today when Britain’s second largest rail union began a strike ballot among workers at Network Rail. The Transport Salaried Staffs Association is urging 7,000 staff, including supervisors and station mangers, to back industrial action over claims that [...] Read Full Story
Family’s joy as Guantanamo detainee released
The sister of Guantanamo Bay detainee Binyam Mohamed today welcomed his release, saying her happiness was more than words could express. Mr Mohamed will arrive back in the UK today to be met by a doctor, his lawyers, family and friends, according to legal charity Reprieve. His sister Zuhra, who has [...] Read Full Story