Don't situations like these past few days really sort out who your real friends are and who the fair weather friends are? You also find out those whom you thought were friends but turned out to be enemies, through automatic assumptions about you and by the little snide asides by email to third parties. To those true friends - thank you so much. You possibly think that your words of support ar...

(Chris here) Last week I opened up my email to find that one of my friends had died, This is the second time this has happened in about as many months, but the first time that the news had come...

If you'd like to spend a day losing friends and alienating your colleagues, here's a to-do list: 1. Prefix your most tedious emails with the words: "Press release". 2. Send an email asking for a favour, but copy in others so that a refusal is embarrassing.

It came through the email, but it’s probably from B3ta.

A five-year-old who chatted about Jesus and Heaven was told off by a teacher for inciting religious hatred. The child's mother, a Christian and employee of the school, sent a private email - from her home computer - to her friends asking them to pray about this. Note that she did not insist the school join in, only that her friends should pray. This woman has now been censured by her hea...

My personal email on the iaindale.com address is temporarily down. On Saturday I changed the DNS settings so you can view the blog at but forgot to change the email settings. That has been done now, but if you want to email me over the next 24 hours it's best to use this email address... iain DOT dale AT totalpolitics DOT com

There are a few communication problems just now. Both emails are down or erratic so for my Russian and Australian friends whom I know check this blog – I’ve set up a new email account [not web-based] on another computer and will send a letter to each of you. Expect it from that new address. For blogfriends, I’m setting up a second email account and will send a message to you. Ple...

What would you do if you were the justice secretary and had lost your wallet while visiting Africa? You'd send out an email to hundreds of your friends, colleagues and passing acquaintances, asking them for the fare home, of course. That is what fraudsters who got hold of Jack Straw's email account would have had his contacts believe. It emerged yesterday that a gang of Nigerian internet...

Please sign the petition and pass on to other lists, friends and family: Save Woolworths from closure – and create a People’s Woolies Please email in to this petition as soon as possible and pass on to friends and family. We need thousands of names on the petition in the next few days. Link to Number 10 Petitions Website:

Gordon has finally given you the ability to email him but there is a slight problem.Dear Prime Minister I notice that after many months of having no means to email your office you have now added the facility at However, it is of some concern that whilst adding the facility you have also decided to limit how much someone can actually say to you in an email. Specifically you have limited the amount ...