Much has been written about the life of Malcolm McLaren this week, who died this week age 64. The obit’s I’ve read mostly talk about how he was a self-obsessed publicity seeker, who mopped up credit for things wherever he could.
Whilst that may be true in part, he did make a huge contribution to popular [...]

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This Easter most of the big supermarkets are open everyday bar Sunday.  The nearest Tesco is even open 24hrs a day most days.
Good news for Supermarket shoppers but less good news for staff, judging by the comments I’ve heard them utter when perusing the aisles. So much for family values and the work life balance, [...]

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Christmas is great;  friends and family, food, TV, and of course presents. Some things about Christmas are a given.  Noel Edmonds will appear in a hideous jumper, doing something charitable with kids. The Queen will give us the briefest glimpse into her life and thoughts this year. While we  all listen for subtexts that reveal [...]

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Is nothing sacred? Speculation continues about the future of the venerable Cadbury’s, a sad day indeed if this great institution and philanthropic family business is sold off to an American multinational, most likely Kraft foods. The Cadbury family have been selling Cocoa based foodstuffs from Birmingham since 1824. It began as an attempt to [...]

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UPDATE: One of the major domiciliary care providers, featured this year in a Panorama investigation, has just  been told by York council it’s contract will be finishing this year. Read the story and some very good comment here:
 
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In the last few years more we have been subject to more and more stories [...]

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 A while ago now I wrote a post about how happy our government seems to be in handing over our nuclear powered future to the French company EDF. Mr Brown seems happy to see this potentially catastrophic business given to a foreign company that already has a blemished record on its home turf.
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