When did this fashion start for demanding that the UK Opposition provide a detailed set of alternative policies? I think it happened over the last fifteen years of so. Maybe the Tories started it in the run-up to the 1997 election by demanding that Labour cost its proposals and say where the money is coming […]
A protein is a long chain of amino acids. Melamine is not a protein. Indeed, it is a fairly small molecule.
It is a white crystalline solid with a fairly high melting point (~350C). It can be polymerized with formaldehyde to form a hard plastic, which became popular for tableware in the late 1950s. It […]
Channel 4 News was enlivened a few days ago by an endearingly amateurish Michael Scholar apparently giving an interview from his windswept vegetable garden. It was the opposite of a polished studio performance following the routine makeup and manicure. But his message was surprisingly uncompromising: Gordon Brown had been monkeying with statistics.
The story started […]
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There was an interesting letter in Monday’s Times from a former traffic cop
The most dangerous and accident-prone group are the 17 to 24-year-olds, yet they only collect about 4 per cent of speeding tickets. This is not because old people are speeding a lot but because the younger […]
I have blogged about this before. One bad feature of the English Legal System is wide-ranging criminal offences coupled with discretion not to prosecute. A good example has been much in the news today. The Suicide Act 1961 is one of the shortest statutes in force. S2(1) provides
A person who aids, abets, counsels or procures […]