Exactly as I predicted, the three judge 9th Circuit panel ruled in a 2-1 decision that: (a) Prop 8 violates the US Constitution (B) Judge Vaughn Walker had no reason to recuse himself from hearing the case, even that he happened to be gay, had a long-time partner with whom he was not married and thus would seem to have had a personal interest in the case and (C) that the plaintiffs have standing t...

David Cameron and his wife will develop their "strong personal bond" with US President Barack Obama and the First Lady during a visit to Washington next month.

Round 1 to Anonymous as Dana White of UFC.com learned the hard way after he crossed the group and had his personal information disclosed online and his website "defaced!" In light of this, conventional wisdom has said that as we move further into the 21st century cyber-security issues may in fact supersede other types of national security threats. As a neophyte on technical matters such as the sec...

This gets more bizarre the longer it goes on. Florida has a large population of elderly retired Jews, and Newt Gingrich is targeting them in his personal appearances by claiming that while he was governor of Massachusetts, Mitt Romney vetoed kosher food in state-supported old age homes, thus causing the detainees distress because of the disrespect to their religion. Sounds pretty nasty, doesn'...

Smokeless cars, football terraces and other pet projects

Yesterday's YouGov poll for the Sunday Times had a few interesting nuggets buried beneath the top line (Lab 40, Con 39, as it happens). Here are some of the most topical findings: 1) Clegg’s tax proposals are very popular. 83 per cent support the Lib Dems’ policy of increasing the personal allowance to £10,000. This might explain the 12-point jump in Nick Clegg’s net ap...

A local authority is the first Scottish organisation to be fined for making serious breaches in the sending of sensitive personal data.

Statistics show a persistent north-south health divide but will cuts make it worse and should people take more personal responsibility for their own health?

Dear Jeremy, Thank you very much for your typically robust performance on BBC TV’s Question Time last night. However I wish to counsel you against using the prospect of war with Iran as a vehicle to demonstrate your resolve, and the Party’s new-found ‘establishment’ credentials. Your political future, and maybe even your personal freedom, are

Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich clashed angrily in a fiery campaign debate, feeding off attacks on each other over immigration and their personal wealth