Anyone from across the pond will be fully familiar with the idea of a pledge of allegiance, an oath of agreement and support with the values of a country. In the States schoolchildren pledge allegiance ‘to the flag of the United States…’ Well, Lord Goldsmith, former UK attorney general and Tony Blair’s right hand man [...]

So, no great innovations – nothing judged ‘newsworthy’ came from San Francisco last night. But we did get this:
 
Pretty.
 
Unfortunately, its only available on pre-order, so I can’t ask my friends currently on holiday in New York to bring me one home.
Which is a shame, because the base model will be £1,199.00 over here, [...]

The cabinet have apparently voted unanimously to approve the building of new nuclear power stations in the UK. (Source: Today, Radio 4)
Well, that’s the way the winds been blowing…
I’m going to say straight off that I think this is a really bad idea. Yes, there are merits to nuclear power; it is almost entirely carbon [...]

Now, I of all people know the difficulty that numbers can be, but I was somewhat surprised last night to learn that the Government had apparently mislaid 300,000 foreign nationals working here in the UK.
I don’t want to go into Government-bashing, but the whole issue does raise a few questions in my mind…
Every passport is [...]