Politics
Communities Secretary Backs New Household Waste Management Rewards
A plan to fit wheelie bins with a microchip to monitor how much we are recycling looks set to change our household waste management methods. Several recycling schemes such as the much criticised ‘pay as you throw’ scheme have been rubbished, and government Communities Secretary Eric Pickles has now confirmed that David Cameron will... »
TV Debate Falls Short
Last night history was made – apparently. Britain hosted its first ever TV Prime Ministerial debate. We’ve resisted following America down this particular route for some time now for a number of reasons. Firstly the politicians do not as a rule want it. Any debate requires the agreement of the sitting Prime Minister and... »
Time To Curb Dangerous Owners
Pets are in the news again and this time it’s the old chestnut of dangerous dogs. After a number of high profile attacks this has been front and centre of the government’s agenda and in the run up to an election it was surely inevitable that this would appear once again. »
The Hurt Locker’s Oscar Win Echoes Sentiments For Iraq
Kathryn Bigelow’s excellent depiction of the US military bomb squad’s tense and sometimes fatal efforts in Iraq will go down in history as the film that finally honoured a female with the Best Director Oscar. But it also symbolises the way in which the Iraq war has remained at the forefront of public interest for... »
Darling’s Pre-Budget Positive For Business Finance
So Alistair Darling seems to have come away from the pre-budget report largely unscathed after making only minor tax increases that will in time improve business finance, and thus the state of the UK economy. A 0.5 per cent NI increase will come in from 2011, and the proposed VAT increase back to 17.5 per... »
Debt Collectors Show Their Colours
News that debt collectors are scheming ways in which to counteract the advice given by online consumer groups to those that are in debt comes as no surprise to Lets Talk More given the amount of credit, loans, guarantor loans and other careless and exploitive lending that takes place. The Guardian broke the news after... »
Pull Troops Out Of Afghanistan Now
News that the latest soldier to be killed in Afghanistan was a Territorial Army rifleman surely emphasises the already strong public perception that now is the time for troops to be pulled out of Afghanistan. Andrew Ian Fentiman, 23, is another waste of a life – the 97th serviceman to have been killed so far... »
Home Office News On Domestic Abuse Register Imminent
Since 2003, there have been calls for a domestic violence register – this would give the police the power to list convicted abusers and keep tabs on their whereabouts. It would also include an element of power to decide whether or not to inform appropriate people of their record. At last, after yet another 684... »
Tories Still Out Of Touch
The Tories are at it again, fresh from the MP expenses scandal Conservative MP, Sir Patrick Cormack has stated that politicians should have their salaries doubled: how out of touch with reality could he and many other MPs be? Cormack made this outrageous statement to the Committee on Standards in Public Life which is currently... »
Domestic Violence In Essex: MP Claims People – Not Police – Responsible For Security
For the last two years, my daughter has experienced violent attacks, harassment, death threats and verbal abuse from a former partner. She has moved house five times to try and escape him, with ELEVEN reported incidents to the police and many others that she has been too afraid to report, the total repercussion of this... »