Pandemic flu vaccine is here…

Swine flu vaccine, Pandemrix, from GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), has been approved by the European Medicines Agency. Another, made by Baxter, is being evaluated. The plan is to vaccinate 1,000 children between the ages of six months and 12 years over the next few  weeks to see which of the two vaccines performs the best. Professor Andrew [...]

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Old Farmer Clarkson…

Jeremy Clarkson has bought a farm. No, not the farm – don’t get your hopes up – and now he’s finding out that running a farm is beset with rules and regulations, and he’s not at all happy because, ah, diddums, he doesn’t like rules. And who does old Motormouth blame for this? Why, Gordon [...]

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I’ve bought a lemon and I want my money back, part 4…

Update, September 26:- I have, subsequent to my email to R2M, in part 3, received a letter from them saying exactly the same thing (so what’s the point?). It did, though, give me the opportunity to write to them at length, expanding on my email and on the subject of the increasing number of defects [...]

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Pain in COPD….

Recently I’ve been suffering greatly from previously transient COPD symptoms becoming permanent – specifically, pain, often severe, in the intercostal muscles (the muscles between the ribs), either on lying down or after a night hour in bed. This can persist for several hours after rising or, as with today, into the afternoon. Searching the Internet [...]

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WTF?

A new survey has shown that poor eyesight can impair sporting ability. No, really? Nothing like stating the bleedin’ obvious, is there? And they got funding for this crap.

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More censorship at the Times?

India Knight, in the Times, has written a column, today, called “And so I say chin-chin to all you tiresome moralisers,” about the death of Keith Floyd and drinking in general. Inevitably, despite the title, the tiresome moralisers arrived in droves to post comments bitching and whining about drinkers, and how Britain has a massive [...]

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The FIA is dishonest…

So the FIA World Motorsport Council has imposed no penalty whatsoever – in real terms – on Renault. Frankly, that sucks. McLaren were seriously screwed by the FIA over the behaviour of staffers and ex staffers, even though the company wasn’t responsible for the actions of any of them, any more than Renault were. So, [...]

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Should teachers be able to spell and punctuate?

In the Times Comment Central, a debate is raging over whether teachers should be able to spell and punctuate. Well, of course they bloody should! It’s a no-brainer. And hey, so should bloggers! One person, though, gave me pause, by saying “I also think that teachers should be drawn from the ranks of the very [...]

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Renault Race Fixing…

We all know by now that Renault have effectively entered a plea of nolo contendere regarding the upcoming “trial” over their race-fixing in Singapore last year. They’re apparently hoping that, by shedding Briatore and Symonds, they’ll be treated more leniently by the FIA. But should they be? I don’t believe they should. Just as McLaren [...]

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I’ve bought a lemon and I want my money back, Part 3…

The first item in this chain of posts can be read here and part 2 is here. Part 1, stripped of any profanity, formed the contents of my first faxed letter to Route2Mobility, who are Motability’s Scooter and powerchair division. Sadly, it appears to be run by retards, as you shall see. This is the [...]

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