The very best publication no one pays enough attention to is Undersea Warfare Magazine, a gem of a publication always putting out high quality content on the submarine service, usually a difficult subject to find high quality content about. This quarter the topic is "Rapid Strike" and it doesn't disappoint. I personally enjoyed and recommend: The SSGN Success Story: Concept to Capability in 39 Mon...

Yesterday I attended the Shrievalty Service and Declaration Ceremony of Mrs Jennifer Anne Thomas as High Sheriff of Powys. Jenny lived near my village of Berriew, and is is a family friend She looked very fine all kitted out in the proper gear. While I'm a huge fan of the office of High Sheriff, I still look on it as High Sheriff of Montgomeryshire - which means that for me the role exists fu...

In the aforementioned Gove article, I came across this wittering from some fucking trade unioner:John Bangs, head of education at the National Union of Teachers (NUT), said: "Michael Gove really has to be careful not to denigrate the high quality of education in England's schools, in order to make his arguments.You fucking what? High quality of education? "Schools are tired of being described as f...

Via Obnoxio, I find this hilarious piece of old crap being peddled by a Union cunt.John Bangs, head of education at the National Union of Teachers (NUT), said: "Michael Gove really has to be careful not to denigrate the high quality of education in England's schools, in order to make his arguments.High quality of education? What fucking planet are you on, you fucking little cunt? Britain is at #8 ...

EXPERTS believe demand for high-quality family housing in Edinburgh may see the Ministry of Defence generate upwards of £50 million from their three sites in the capital.

Nick Clegg has finally attracted a high profile celebrity fan, but it’s not exactly Michael Caine. Nope, it’s former topless model, dancing on ice star and court-frequenting vegetarian Heather Mills. “Many people love the Lib Dems, but think ‘what’s the...

It grieves me to say it. It's well known that I'm a strong supporter of high speed rail, a fan of all things iron horse, but I have to say it: High Speed 2 is terrible. Terrible, terrible, terrible. It...

“The fundamental story about consumer taste, in modern times, is not one of dumbing down or of producers seeking to satisfy a homogenous least common denominator at the expense of quality. Rather, the basic trend is of increasing variety and diversity, at all levels of quality, high and low.” Tyler Cowen, Creative Destruction: How Globalization is Changing The World’s...

It’s illuminating reading the DH’s two most powerful policy documents under New Labour, The NHS Plan (2000) and Lord Darzi’s recent review of the NHS, High Quality Care for All (2008). The latter is certainly more refined and less concerned with quantity, not making attempts to dictate the need for x more staff, equipment, buildings etc. Instead, it sets quality of care as the &#...

It was a theme that ran throughout Lord Darzi’s final report, published earlier this week. ‘High quality care cannot be mandated from the centre – it requires the unlocking of the talents of frontline staff....where change is led by clinicians and based on evidence of improved quality of care, staff who work in the NHS are energised by it and patients and the public more likely t...