Forget swine flu. Forget bird flu. Forget SARS. Forget salmonela in your eggs and every other Daily Mail panic you can think of. A new highly contagous syndrome is spreading fast. Symptoms are distinct. Patients become convinced to the point...

Think of someone else this Christmas Forget your Christmas dinner thoughts, forget the wrapping paper, forget the toys and gadgets, forget the booze and falling asleep on the settee, instead think of someone else this Christmas. Along with the millions of homeless, the poor, the starving, the diseased and dying, there are people out there who

Are you expecting anything good to come of the Obama presidency? Forget about it: He's already had one month in office to make good on his campaign promises, but we've seen precious little in return. One month! Jeez. I've been...

What a difference a few weeks makes. The Chancellor Alistair Darling was tipped for the chop after saying in a newspaper interview last month that Britain faced arguably its worst economic crisis for 60 years. His remarks...

The Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) has lofty aims. In linking up to a third of general practice income to achievement against a series of quality indicators, it hoped to deliver significant increases in quality to patients. Has it succeeded?

    The National Liberal Party (NLP) believes the overriding aim of Government should be to protect & improve the ‘quality of life’ of citizens.   Quality of Life is not just about money. It not only encompasses economic well-being but also cultural, psychological and spiritual harmony. There is a great deal that threatens our quality of life...

This election is about one thing: the economy. Forget about fine-tuning the message, or looking for hunks of red meat; forget about the grid of daily policy announcements; forget about whacky alternative agendas like it’s all about local stuff or...

The decision of Green Councillor to work en bloc to reject a planning application for the car park of the disused Romany Pub on Colman Road for a new shop is nothing short of disgraceful and shows the party up for the shortsighted bunch they are. Forget the jobs created through construction, forget the jobs created when the store opens, forget the virtual lack of local opposition and forget the ne...

Oli de Botton: Structure doesn't matter as much as we think: the quality of our schools is only as good as the quality of our teachers

Norfolk Blogger writes here about the evil ‘right wing’ plan to neuter the BBC and hand over the airspace to that nasty Australian chap and his tacky TV network. As with many of these apocalyptic rants, it falls at the first hurdle. ‘Never mind the quality, forget that the BBC lays down a standard by which