President Reagan's first Christmas address to the nation, just in case you've forgotten how real leaders sound. Still inspiring, 30 years later. The president had recovered from being wounded in an assassination attempt only 9 months earlier, and was in the midst of cleaning up the mess he'd been left with - a failed foreign policy, double digit interest rates,high inflation and une...

The European Parliament yesterday (14 December) overwhelming approved measures to restrict the phosphate content of household cleaning products. More »

Senior military officers will have to do their own cooking, gardening and cleaning, after the Ministry of Defence said it will save £3 million by cutting back on servants.

New York City's Mayor Bloomberg finally realized that his constituents were fed up with the antics, the crime, the filth and the smell of the OWS encampment at Zuccotti Park, so he ordered the NYPD into action to clear the park. The mayor's original idea was a temporary, peaceful eviction for 'cleaning', after which the protesters would be allowed to return to the park, but wit...

The battle rages on over the 2nd Amendment right to bear arms in the United States! This list provides the rationale for and against from both sides of the argument (source, click on the chart to make bigger). While this battle will certainly not be resolved right here and now, for those of you who are interested, Ashley will show you how to clean a Glock! H/T Freedom's Phoenix Don't Lea...

Edinburgh Council is to consider whether it will hand over bin collections and street cleaning to a private company.

While the lemmings listen on, one of the "leaders" of the Occupy Wall Street protest in Los Angeles tells the crowd that French Revolution-type violence will have to be the endgame to get what they want! _______________________________________________New York OWS protest "filth" update: The protesters have "won" by temporarily stopping the cleaning of Zuccotti Park. This means that they can contin...

Simon Hughes, Tim Farron and Don Foster have written to Rupert Murdoch about the proposed take-over of BSkyB by News International. They ask Murdoch to respond to public opinion by changing his commercial strategy in the UK: withdrawing his News Corporation bid for BSkyB and concentrating all his efforts on cleaning up News International. The

The latest report from Robert Peston about how William Lewis has been cleaning house at News International makes for dramatic reading. Peston alleges that emails News International has been aware of since 2007 ‘appear to show Andy Coulson, editor of the News of the World from 2003-2007, authorising payments to the police for help with stories. They also appear to show that phone hacking...

This is the important question suggested by this piece in the Guardian. By this rather confused young lady. Now, Ellie worked as a hospital cleaner you see. She now works as a temp in London. Fine by me, I see nothing wrong with that. But Ellie herself ought to. For as she says: Hospital cleaning