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The Queen was acting on the advice of her prime minister who was acting on the recommendation of a shadowy Whitehall committee – the so-called forfeiture committee – chaired by the Head of the Civil Service when Fred was awarded a knighthood. The decision first to give him a knighthood and then to remove . . . → Read More: Shredded I usually think Tory Mawhinney is a ghastly old windbag but when I heard this I laughed – hat tip. The appearance of two senior Google executives before a joint parliamentary committee on privacy turned into an ill-tempered debate about whether the search giant was being economical with the truth. The vice-president of Global . . . → Read More: Nice turn of phrase Mawhinney… Interesting to see the effect of this prolonged Euro crisis – the smaller parties especially UKIP are growing in popularity. Other factors could be support from disgruntled right wing Tories, and perhaps, the Lib Dems entry into government resulting in the Lib Dems being less available as a vehicle for . . . → Read More: UKIP on an upward trend The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and the direct marketing industry are to set up a free-to-use website so everyone can opt-out of receiving all types of advertising mail. The website, scheduled to go live next April, is intended to replace the current system, where households have to register on three separate . . . → Read More: Junk mail sceptic Prince Charles’s veto: bad heir day | Editorial It is extraordinary that the letter like the one the Guardian has published did not set off every warning bell in Clarence House In many ways, Prince Charles has an unenviable public role. No one would actively seek out a 60-year career as understudy to . . . → Read More: Why am I so disgusted that this is going on? The government has put out a press release saying: It is only right that we at least look at what the potential economic and social benefits of any change might be. As the Prime Minister has made clear we would need consensus from the devolved administrations if any change were to take place. . . . → Read More: Lighter Later News Corp’s AGM is being held at Fox Studios’ Zanuck theatre in LA at 10am Pacific time. One unwelcome guest will be Labour MP Tom Watson who is planning to speak after securing a proxy that will allow him to vote on behalf of a shareholder. Before flying out yesterday, he told the Birmingham . . . → Read More: Tom, go for Rupe’s jugular |
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