Although I lived through the Thatcher years, I didn’t ‘live’ through the Thatcher years, I was too young to understand or remember all the things she did while in power. So my respect for her is based on what I learned about her from books, magazines and documentaries I saw when I was older. I’ll…
Tag: UK
Following on from my previous blog on this issue, today the smoking ban came into force across the UK, and although this is a great thing, unfortunately Shisha was included in the ban as the petition didn’t get anywhere close the number of signatures it needed to get this issue raised (the final count is…
This week the British government announced they were full steam ahead for building more nuclear power plants to meet the UK’s growing energy needs and reduce our CO2 impact in the world. This is after a decade of indecision! While I understand the risks inherent with nuclear reactors and nuclear waste disposal, this is long…
Finally, I have a reason to use this blog (as opposed to my personal one for friends only) for something useful, although I will be adding more geek-blogs on open source shortly, as I have been following that with great interest (especially Alfresco). Following up on my blog a few months ago (I’ve pasted it…