Tony Hatfield's Retired Ramblings

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Bacon and Sausages off the Today Menu?

This morning, Today Programme allowed the World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF) to peddle the link between processed meat, sausages, bacon, salami and ham, and colorectal cancer. You can listen to the interview here. The link was made in the 2007... Read more →

Universal healthcare is terrorist recruitment tool

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What Sir John Scarlett didn't deny!

The media has decided that Sir John Scarlett's interview with BBC correspondent Gordon Corera represents a flat denial. The Independent shouts that there was "No collusion in torture, says M16 chief"; the Guardian "MI6 chief denies torture complicity". Even the... Read more →

The Madeleine Fund- an update

It's some time since I've posted anything about Team McCann, but in the last few days the hunt for Madeleine got even more bizarre. The Team, fortified by a couple of ex-detectives, David Edgar and Arthur Cowley, are on the... Read more →

Quackery- Dara Ó Briain says it all

Archbishop Nichols and Facebook- the leader of a church that systematically covers up child abuse

I read this morning that the Archbishop of Westminster, Vincent Nichols, leader of the millions of Roman Catholics in England, seemed to be concerned that young people were in danger using social networking sites like Facebook and MySpace. He warned... Read more →