It may seem an obscure topic, but today is World Intellectual Property Day. The history is more interesting than you’d imagine. Only two years after the Unification of the Scottish and English Parliaments, in 1707, the origins of copyright laws were established in “The Statute of Anne, the Copyright Act 1709”, or to give it...
I reckon a degree of perspective is required right now, when considering the possibility of a “hung parliament” in the UK. I may be proven wrong by events, but I’m pretty confident in my views. A good friend of mine is THE most devoted Celtic supporter you could ever hope to meet. An intelligent guy,...
I am totally transfixed by this election. What is clear is that we will not see the scenes of euphoria that greeted Tony Blair, (seen above) entering Downing Street in 1997. In no way does this election have the appeal of the Obama election, but I think there are elements which make it fascinating for...
So Geoff Hoon, Stephen Byers and Patricia Hewitt have been caught going for interviews, whilst currently in the employ of the British Parliament. None are presently Ministers of State, but all are serving MP’s with, presumably, a full workload until 6th May. With time running out on their current contract, these three have taken a...
OK, I’ll admit it. I am a LIB DEM. Calm down please, and stop tittering at the back. It’s a perfectly normal and reasonable thing for a full grown adult to do, and I won’t stand for any nonsense from you lot about it. Even bigger than the looming World Cup in South Africa, the...
This week there has been the re-awakening of the old class-war arguments, that have raged for over a century, and have often come to define the struggle of the Labour party. The catalyst for this has been the educational backgrounds of Messrs Cameron, Osborne, Boris Johnston, and many more senior Conservatives. The arguments against private...
Are you loving E4’s new hit American import, Glee? However you feel about the show (and I quite like it – in a totally manly way, of course), business-wise, they’ve got it sussed. All songs are available straightaway on iTunes and the E4 website for sale. I can see them charting, even though they’re saccharin...
This is a Red Herring. The banks are in fact charging customers for NOT providing unauthorised overdrafts, and by bouncing payments. It would seem perfectly reasonable for the banks to charge £35, if indeed they were somehow being forced to payout funds that hadn’t been agreed, as a form of additional lending. However that’s not...
