As the country enters recession the Chancellor will announce a raft of tax measures in his pre-budget report. This will include a 2.5% slash off VAT which Darling hopes will encourage people to buy more goods and stimulate the economy. The CBI has warned that thousands of jobs could be lost if business does not [...]
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First the bad news now the…
Posted in money, politics, spin on November 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Sparrows
Posted in environment, housing, spin on November 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The RSPB has issued a report of a new study of house sparrow numbers in the UK. The population has decreased to about a third of the number seen thrity years ago, and guess what is to blame? Well apparently it is because we have been paving over our front lawns. So the fact that the [...]
