An estimated 650,000 Iraqis dead, 126 British troops dead, dangerous chaos dominating many parts of the country.
The recent brutal series of murders of women in Ipswich has brought the question of prostitution and violent crime to the foreground.
The stench of corruption around the Labour party is becoming overwhelming.
"Freedom" was one of the messages spelt out with bedsheets by detainees who briefly took control of parts of Harmondsworth immigration detention centre last week.
With Christmas a coming, shops colours ablazeThe shopping has started, there’s how many days?Each worn shopper with boxes and bagsSome who have frayed nerves, outside with fagsMost shopaholics have saved up all yearTo make life much easier, to buy Christmas cheerBut, there are others, with tears in their eyesTheir Christmas was taken, and no reason whyAnd all of these people comitted no crimeThey all paid their money, they paid it on timeSo now they will struggle, but never replaceTheir funds, for Christmas, oh ,what a disgraceThousands of people, are all left distraughtBut where is09 December 2006
So Mrs Thompson, we wish you, your husband and family no ill will or malice, in fact we hope that you all have a truly wonderful Christmas, as it will at least give us some sense of satisfaction to know that your family is at least reaping the benefits of the values that we had instilled in us as children, that if we wanted something we worked for it, and by us doing so it may not have proved very beneficial for us or our families, but, on Christmas morning, when you turn over in bed, and your husband hands you a gift, beautifully wrapped, and in the moment before you unwrap it, when you are feeling excited, and wondering what it contains, could you just stop a minute, and ask yourself, a
Health campaigners from across the country will gather in central London on Saturday 20 January for a national conference of the Keep Our NHS Public campaign.
The arguments for maintaining the occupation of Iraq crumbled a little further this week.
F is for flaunting, what "SIR" Clive is doing with holidays at such a timeA is for arrogance, in his appearance but he hasn't lost, not a dimeR is for rubbish, that this man is speaking whenever he speaks to the pressE is for excrement, just one more word for excuses he's made for this messP is for pennies, that customers will get to "compensate" their loss of cash<25 November 2006
The evil that men do lives after them. Such is the legacy of the economist Milton Friedman, who died last week at the age of 94.
Last week MPs had the opportunity to vote for an inquiry into the Iraq war - but just 12 Labour MPs took the chance.
