Zesty Lemon

Apart from the perplexed expression on my face upon beholding Anne Widdecombe in a figure hugging dress and clearly not respecting her age in the latest BBC vanity showcase, the most highbrow political scandal of recent weeks was news of Ed defeating his older brother to win leadership of the Labour party. Quite why there [...]

Finding words to describe my current thinking of the solidarity charade exhibited by unions today has so far been my biggest challenge of the week. Admittedly it’s only Monday and I’m still recovering from the abrasions of an indulgent weekend, but I can’t be the only one concerned about the growing unwelcome influence that they [...]

After the doom, gloom and generally rocky road the financial system has been traversing the last couple of years, I can imagine that the treasury breathed a slight sigh of relief when the balance books of bailed out banks returned to profit this week. Northern Rock and Lloyds Banking Group both saw their books hit [...]

Unless you’ve been living in a pit for the last four months, you couldn’t really have avoided the global media coverage surrounding the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig and the subsequent spillage in the Gulf of Mexico. Apart from bequeathing a level of lubrication rarely seen; in at least the feathered inhabitants of [...]