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(Note - the next general election might not actually be on the 5th of May. It might be the 15th. But right now I can not be arsed looking it up. So for now I am going with the 5th) Item 1 :- OD Gets a UK Politics Circle so that I don't have to…

Currently I can't sign in to XBox Live. The service is down, and so it won't let me log in. Which is quite in annoying in and of itself, but it means that I can't sign into my console either. Apparently there is no provision to sign in to a user profile in an "offline mode&quo...

The government are clamping down on "extremist" websites and on views that are considered "extremist". However in doing this, they are considering revising the definition of "extremist" to be set at a lower threshold than it currently is. Which means that - in the fu...

That's right folks, only eight more days until International Paedophile Day! (Also known as Halloween, if you want to give it the more fanciful and less honest title) From the moment they are old enough to understand, you teach children not to talk to strangers. Not to chat to people they don't k...

This week the press has been filled with two stories, both involving children (in one way or another). The first set of stories was a series of accusations against an ex-DJ who died less than a year ago. From what I can tell, the stories spent the entire time repeating rumours and gossip, but -&h...

There are any number of reasons that I am glad I don't live in the USA, but chief amongst them are the Sub Judice laws that we have in this country. Because I think if I had to live in a country without these laws, I would go insane. Just over one week ago, two police officers…

There is a chance that winding up the music box on my mantelpiece was not the wisest idea I have ever had. Supposedly, you wind it up, open the lid and it plays a very nice tune. Then, when you close the lid, it stops playing the music, and you can return to your life unencumbered…