By Niall Lennon Undeniably one of the world’s most bizarre national holiday’s, Guy Fawkes Day, the thwarted attempt of a terrorist to bring down the British Government and monarch simultaneously, has remained a long-standing tradition for over four centuries. The catchy rhyme of recollection urges us to ‘remember remember the 5th of November’, but should [...]
A Government inquiry is to examine whether retail and investment banking should be separated. The suggestion of which has prompted large financial institutions, such as HSBC, to threaten to leave the UK. The proposed reforms are just one of many major changes the Independent Commission on Banking are considering in a bid to reduce ‘market [...]
Has the time come to ban the bottle? Alcohol related attacks involving glass in the UK are currently costing taxpayers £100m a year in reactionary services. A senior violence researcher is now urging the abolition of glass in pubs and clubs, however, the idea may not be very popular with licensees. Dr. Alasdair Forsyth, of Glasgow [...]
Niall Lennon The Government gave NPower the go ahead today to build a giant wind farm off the coast of Wales, making the offshore development one of the largest of its kind. Npower, who will be leading the development, have proposed to build between 150 and 250 turbines eight miles off the North Wales coast. [...]
Niall Lennon Proposals in the Queen’s speech today confirmed that local authorities will be required by law to rescue poor performing schools and intervene before standards reach critical levels. This legislation has been widely anticipated prompted by an announcement by Schools Secretary Ed Balls back in June. Ed Balls declared that unless 638 low achieving [...]
It was announced today that German company Lufthansa will buy 50% of BMI’s shares giving it a 80% control of the British airline combined with the stake in the company it previously owned. This take over will now make Lufthansa the second largest airline running flights from London’s Heathrow Airport, second only to British Airways, [...]
By Niall Lennon Barack Obama is set to dominate American television tonight by running a 30 minute political advert on three of the nations main networks. The adverts, which will be shown at 20:00 eastern time, is said to be costing the Obama campaign in the region of $6m, making the adverts the most expensive [...]
It’s never too late to learn something new I always say, so after a discussion with a colleague last month I came to the realisation, in a penny dropping, nirvana achieving style moment, I would love to learn to play the Saxophone. The one thing I never considered however was the noise. Over the years [...]
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