Department for International Development

I urge people to have a look at the DfID website. Theres a huge public expenditure there we can cut straight away. It does nothing to directly benefit the people of the UK, which in these austere times is exactly what we should be concentrating on. I concede that Pakistan is a special case, given we need to keep them onside during the Afghan conflict. But some of the things the DfID are doing with OUR money.....

*Health Warning: Those of a nervous disposition or people with high blood pressure should do any more than a cursory access of the website. Detailed searching of the site may induce apoplexy. *

More money wasted by MoD?

This Sky report says the money is wasted. I don't see it that way: at least the troops in Iraq got an upgraded armored vehicle.

I see the report says that Mastiffs and Ridgebacks have replaced snatch Landrovers in Afghanistan.

I wonder why then, that 2 weeks ago during a live BBC report (you know the type: keeping in touch with our guys on the front line, positive comments from all the troops interviewed, etc) from camp Bastion I saw a group for troops being interviewed before supposedly just about to go out on patrol - In a Snatch Landrover?

Why No One Should Have Power to End Life

This report (about a man trapped in a paralysed body and not the coma he was diagnosed to be in for 23 years) is a reminder (should we ever need one) that doctors should not have the power to deny treatment to people and therefore end their life prematurely. They don't always get things right, nor is their science perfect.

By all means, a person should be able to chose to end their own life in a dignified manner, but no-one should have the power to end another's life.