Space Crazy

The Telegraph reported today that a leading astronomer is warning scientists against actively searching for intelligent life, just in case aliens turn out to be complete bastards. Mr Marek Kukula, public astronomer at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, instead demanded that they should seek discussions with governments and the UN before they stumble upon E.T themselves and [...]

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Will it happen? It’s debatable

Gordon Brown this afternoon brushed aside talk of a historic live TV debate between himself, David Cameron and Nick Clegg in the lead to up the general election, pointing out that there’s much more important things to be concentrating on at the moment. He then went on to talk about the never-going-to-happen Great Britain football [...]

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Main Event Madness

Prime Ministers’ Questions is a sham. It’s just as much of a sham as the expenses scandal, perhaps more so. For 30 minutes each Wednesday afternoon we get the Prime Minister and the Leader of the Opposition (oh, and that third dude across the way) in the same room together, at the only time of the [...]

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