Home Ten men were arrested in connection with the public, daylight murder of Drummer Lee Rigby near his barracks in Woolwich. The two chief suspects, Michael Adebolajo, 28, and Michael Adebowale, 22, Britons of Nigerian descent and converts to Islam, had waited in the street after the hacking to death of the soldier until armed
As ministers trooped one by one into George Osborne’s office last week for negotiations over the Spending Review, most looked pretty grim, steeling themselves against news of cuts to come. But three more cheerful figures stood out: the Secretaries of State for Health, Education and International Development. Their budgets, which between them account for more
Privatisation has been a hugely successful policy over the past 30 years. Unfortunately, though, the government seems to have learned the wrong lesson from it. The proposal to sell the Courts Service’s buildings, and transfer some of its staff to the private sector, promises to bring out the worst aspects of the policy: it gives
With further reports today that Bashar Assad is deploying chemical weapons in Syria, the prospect of intervention looms larger than ever. The EU is talking about lifting its arms embargo (at Britain’s insistence) and France’s foreign minister talks about “stronger and better substantiated indications of the local use of chemical arms”. Barack Obama has indicated
‘You always get bloody buskers at space stations.’
‘That’s the television.’
‘They come over here, stealing our jabs…’
Jeff felt an inexplicable closeness to Picasso after becoming a Police Community Support Officer.
‘The gods are in need of some serious anger management.’
‘I preferred it when it was “ties”.’
‘I’m not living out of a suitcase, I’m living in a suitcase.’
‘Why do we bother coming to these giant car boot sales?’
‘I didn’t have time to read this one, but I thought the cover really needed editing.’
‘Remember when we used to watch TV?’
‘It started with milk-bottle tops…’
‘The Legal Aid cuts have had a catastrophic effect on our marriage — we’re still together.’