The government has today unveiled new plans that will give the dying amongst us more choices about how we go. From now on, if the £286m three-year project proves to be successful, dying Britons will be able to cash their chips in 'familiar surroundings' (such as down their local Tesco… read more…

Defence Under Secretary Dereck Twigg is getting ready to unveil plans for a new military hospital ward for injured soldiers. If the plans are to go ahead, the Birmingham New Hospital, part of the University Hospital Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, which manages the city's Selly Oak Hospital where the Royal… read more…

Boris Johnson has joined the new wave of army loving politicians that wish to show their respect to war veterans. According to his website, any injured veterans in the capital, regardless of whether they live there or not, will be given free access to the city's transportation services, a motion… read more…

Education secretary Ed Balls has sworn to empower teachers who have issues disciplining unruly kids due to the intervention of something called 'parents'. Apparently, there is still the odd fruit-loop floating about who feels that just because they helped to gestate and raise a child it gives them some sort… read more…

Boris Johnson yesterday announced that the Greater London Authority was to take a more frugal approach to Olympic spending than predecessor Ken Livingstone may have done if he'd remained in office. At a meeting with the Olympic Board he proclaimed that, under his management, the key priority regarding both the… read more…

D-Cam and the blue brigade may be storming ahead in the opinion polls of late, but it isn't all summer-blue skies just yet (now, how's that for a mixed metaphor?). Cameron is more than a little concerned about possible sleaze outbreaks among Tory representatives within the European Parliament. And… read more…

How Britons watched the 2000 US Presidential election with amazement and incredulity. Confusion? Hanging chads? Recounts? Voters being omitted? That could never happen on this glorious island, surely? Why, Westmonster would place bets that we could remove all sorts of electoral regulations and the process would still be completely… read more…

It has to be said that a lot of people are getting worried about Boris Johnson. Ken Livingstone seems to be in a constant state of disappointment and anxiety these days, the left-wing media keeps flapping its wings in panic, and even that bug up Brian Paddick's boring ass… read more…