Tony Hatfield's Retired Ramblings

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 →

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 →

Support Nadine Dorries' Freedom to Blog!

Nadine Dorries The first time I heard of Nadine Dorries M.P. for Mid Bedfordshire was when she was involved in promoting very odd pre term survival rates before the Science and Technology Select Committee enquiry. She than accused Ben Goldacre... Read more →

Obama's beliefs- the Audacity of Reason?

Most of us are looking forward to a new era when Barack Obama takes his oath of office on Tuesday next week. Obama claims to be a deeply religious man, though one of his mentors appears to have rather unusual... Read more →

Damian Green-leaking by civil servants is not always in the public interest

In today's reporting of the arrest and bailing of opposition immigration spokesman Damian, Green the alleged principal offender seems to have been forgotten. The unnamed civil servant was arrested last week for leaking information from the Home Office and, presumably,... Read more →

Understanding the Financial crisis

You may not agree with this, but it's at least understandable. Hat tip Adam Smith Institute blog Read more →

Bush in the Dock?

Peter Harvey's Lavengro blog pointed me to this New York Times spoof. The "original" can be found here. One of the articles is headed " Court Indicts Bush on High Treason Charge. Clicking on that headline takes you to a... Read more →

Fings ain't wot they used to be!

This last week I must have heard half a dozen people, who should know better, grumbling about the deterioration of the English language. They pick on a couple of pretty serious grammatical or spelling errors in the media...the BBC or... Read more →

Hitler's Love Child be Blowed!

Unity Valkyrie Mitford I found it hard to resist Martin Bright's piece in this week's New Statesman .... "Unity Mitford and 'Hitler's baby' ". To be sure it's an enticing headline, but by the end of the piece, and I... Read more →