Tony Hatfield's Retired Ramblings

Sizer - well and truly sized up

The Revered Stephen Sizer Today, a story has exploded over the blogosphere. Late last year, a Christian student blogger, Seismic Shock, was 'debating' with a fellow Christian, the Rev. Stephen Sizer. The Reverend Sizer's writings appeared on a Holocaust denier... Read more →

New powers given to the Attorney by the Guardian

I often despair at the inaccuracy contained in some newspapers! The Attorney General has no power to increase sentences. She has the power to refer the case to the Court of Appeal on the grounds that the sentence was 'unduly... Read more →

Blair, the Observer and another deception

I've just finished reading Nick Davies' ' Flat Earth News'. Ian Hislop called the book 'A must read for anyone worried about journalism-which, on this analysis, should be everyone'. Perhaps this is an example of what Hislop means. The second... Read more →

So the Mail and Telegraph are grumbling about a referendum in Iceland- with threat of being kept out of the EU. Now which papers support referenda in the UK and would rather like us to exit the EU? Read more →

No Peter, we are not about to see the end of the Euro!

Peter Oborne, in today's Observer is the latest Eurosceptic to predict the downfall of the Euro. Remember all those voices who predicted the single currency wouldn't last the year? He suggests that because Spain, Greece and Ireland have high levels... Read more →

No wonder McKinnon is considering suicide!

No wonder Gary McKinnon feels suicidal I just hope his lawyers aren't! Perhaps at the awful 2 a.m. moment Gary thinks about the time in 2002 when he was offered a plea bargain by the US Department of Justice. It's... Read more →

..and I thought The Sun couldn't get worse

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Fatter, Dumber and more apathetic than ever?

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Creationists and Plate Tectonics

This morning "In our Time" Melvyn Bragg and his guests discussed the geological formation of Britain. You can download the podcast from this link. They inevitably touched on plate tectonics As I was listening to it, I wondered just what... Read more →

Trafigura-Carter-Rucked

Last night at about 8:30, the Guardian's website published this article by one of its star investigative reporters, David Leigh. Leigh's piece contained this. Today's published Commons order papers contain a question to be answered by a minister later this... Read more →