Barack Obama has said that he would continue to back Bush's scheme of involving religious groups in government initiatives. BBC. The Government's targets to build three million new homes by 2020 may not be enough to meet demand. ePolitix. Rising food prices have meant that one in five UK residents… read more…

A year on and still people are getting their knickers in a twist over the smoking ban. Despite reports (admittedly stinking of Government bias) claiming that up to 400,000 lives have been saved since the advent of the unpopular initiative, it seems that the landlords of this wonderful country, well,… read more…

If you've ever watched hit series Prison Break, you'd be forgiven for thinking that running away from jail is one big moodily-lit action-adventure interrupted by the occasional advert for Nuts magazine. For the 110 escaped convicts presently on the loose in the UK today (just to clarify: they didn't… read more…

Council Tax. There is nothing quite as vile, feudal or primitive in the whole world. It has all the charm of a malignant brain tumour or a boot in the crotch and, unfortunately for us, it is a disease in which the symptoms are only concentrated around a select area… read more…

It's often claimed that the government doesn't really give a damn. Sure, it might act like it does and present a specious image of caring for the public, looking out for the nation's best interests, trying to spread ideas of equality, but if you stop to look at the bigger… read more…

Paperwork can be so stressful sometimes. Imagine that you were Satan himself, Prince of Darkness and Great Overlord of the Underworld, and you were trying to frantically remember who was lined up for your 3 o' clock torture appointment. Shuffling through the reams of documents on your desk, you… read more…

According to figures released by the Union Of Concerned Scientists - which, as a name, is surely up there with the Federation Of Annoyed Librarians - political interference in the scientific realm is rampant. Nearly 900 scientists at the Environmental Protection Agency claim that they can't get a moment's… read more…