Grant Shapps is frequently cited as one of the Tories’ brightest of bright young hopes, but if this is anything to go by, I wouldn’t get too breathless just yet. Access to IVF on the NHS is a lottery, with different areas adopting different rules, an MP says. … Mr Shapps, whose own three children… Continue reading God’s lottery
Month: March 2007
Gains for the Alliance?
Potential good new for the Alliance Party of Northern Ireland. According to Ipsos-Mori, they are up to 9% in the polls. Even with a large margin of error, that is good news for a party which languished on 3.7% last time, although they managed to hold onto their 6 seats. Also interesting is the sudden… Continue reading Gains for the Alliance?
Gongs for Galactic Groats
I’m not convinced that Alan Grant and Pat Mills’ politics would allow them to accept an honour, but this seems to be an entirely estimable exercise: We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to award knighthoods to John Wagner, Pat Mills and Alan Grant, in recognition of the 30th anniversary of the great British comic,… Continue reading Gongs for Galactic Groats