Surely most of us have been in a financial quagmire at some point in our lives and learned that borrowing your way out is not the answer. Not Gordon Brown and Alistair Darling.
As the global recession lumbers closer, the government has announced its latest attempt to cope; re-writing the rules. With less money . . . → Read More: Labour Looks to Re-Write Its Own Rules
‘One should die proudly when it is no longer possible to live proudly’. Nietzsche.
The UK is set to introduce their first ever End of Life Care strategy to enable people to have more choice about how and where they die. The government is expected to fund this strategy with a 286m pound investment . . . → Read More: Live and Let Die – Government Funds End of Life Care
The Road Traffic Act 1991′s definition of dangerous driving states that ‘a person who causes the death of another person by driving a mechanically propelled vehicle dangerously on a road or other public place is guilty of an offence.’ The ambiguity has forced the Sentencing Guidelines Council (SGC) to redefine the term ‘dangerous driving’ . . . → Read More: Death on the Road – Dangerous Drivers To Face Tougher Sentences
Thank Heavens for George Bush! With elections coming up, neither Republicans nor Democrats want to appear soft on terrorism, genocide, nuclear detonation in urban areas, nor overdue parking tickets. Both parties agreed to take care of you, me and Grandma Jones and make sure that all the telecommunication companies are free to work with . . . → Read More: How To Win The Election And Clean House
World audit in their 17th Democracy Audit of the Millennium announce that: out of 150 countries audited, (all those with a million or more population);
The opportunity to cast a vote can be quite meaningless unless there are transparently honest elections, with genuine voter choice of parties and people. We are confident that all . . . → Read More: The World Democracy Audit of the Year 2008
The deregulation of an industry only happens once, but in the case of energy (electric and natural gas services) it is a slow-release process migrating from state to state.
Energy deregulation revolves around the concept of allowing competition into the market place, giving consumers a choice of electricity and/or natural gas suppliers.
The . . . → Read More: The Regulation of Energy Deregulation