£7billion a year skimmed off our savings - Telegraph

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/savings/7919778/7billion-a-year-skimmed-off-our-savings.html

Rip off Britain, again, yet another example of excessive profit taking and no effective regulation.

A.A. Gill and The Times !!!

http://www.thefword.org.uk/blog/2010/07/homophobia_appa

So much for the open and inclusive society !

NYT: Manhattan's Rooftop Bars: Heav

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2010/07/23/dining/23bruni.xml

Great, when in New York !!!!!

Overweight people should pay 'fat tax' to cover healthcare costs, German MP says - Telegraph

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/germany/7904990/Overweight-people-should-pay-fat-tax-to-cover-healthcare-costs-German-MP-says.html

Ex prime ministers protection costs

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/7870970/Hague-concern-as-Tony-Blairs-police-bodyguards-cost-250000-in-expenses.html

Apart from the great 'Little Chef' mention and,  especially, my favourite 'Olympic Breakfast', surely the costs relate, in general,  to the locations visited by the protected former prime ministers. They have to be close to hand.

Interesting comment on oil spill actions

Response to Yahoo News regarding oil spill
BigAl
To those of you who seem upset about this mess in the Gulf not being a Democrat vs. Republican issue, may I ask if you've forgotten Katrina? Have you forgotten how the Dems vilified Bush for that? Katrina was one massive storm, that affected three states, displacing millions of people, destroying hundreds of thousands of homes, businesses, etc. Here, we have one oil well, which admittedly has given challenges never seen prior to this. One well. A Gulf full of oil. By day 3, 17 nations had volunteered their help. The Obama administration said no thanks. And here we are, day 75. The oil's still gushing, and finally, the largest ship in the world to help to clean up the mess has just arrived. So before you tie any outrage on, kindly remember what was done to Bush in a massively larger catastrophe, and have a sense of perspective. Bush in a massively larger catastrophe, and have a sense of perspective.

End of Nokia and Symbian ?

http://i.engadget.com/2010/07/01/symbian-guru-shuts-down-says-nokia-is-losing-hard/

Multiple Sclerosis "The Scottish Disease"

http://www.aspects.net/~janus/ScottishDisease.htm