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George Osborne Flogs Northern Rock to Virgin

Paul Mackenzie Ross — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 13:15:22 +0000

I just read this story on the BBC - Northern Rock sold to Virgin Money If you watch the BBC’s clip and listen to George Osborne, he says: …I think this is going to be a good thing for British Consumers… Possibly. Then he goes on to mention: …It’s also good for British taxpayers, we’re getting [...]

Jan Moir, Nick Griffin, Twitter and the Mob

Paul Mackenzie Ross — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 18:41:48 +0000

Ever since Jan Moir wrote her piece in last week's Daily Mail column questioning and commenting on everything surrounding Steven Gately's untimely death her name has seemed to be a permanent fixture in the trending topics on twitter.

Sure, it was a pretty rude article, but it was in the Daily Mail so what do you expect?

Healthcare in America

Paul Mackenzie Ross — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 07:30:09 +0000

I have to say that I am quite appalled at the amount of venom that’s been pouring out of the United States recently over the proposals of Barack Obama to reform the healthcare system. There are a number of points that I find pretty unsavoury: That there is any objection to improving America’s healthcare system [...]

Greed

Paul Mackenzie Ross — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 09:34:06 +0000

There have been a lot of stories out of this difficult economic period labelled “Recession, what recession?” Whilst I’ve certainly seen no drop in workload, to the contrary there has been a large increase in demand for small business website design, SEO and marketing work, I wouldn’t climb onboard the “I’m alright, Jack” bandwagon; to [...]

TCOT WTF?

Paul Mackenzie Ross — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 09:30:45 +0000

AKA The politicisation of Twitter. I’m not sure exactly when it started but a few weeks ago, right after the inauguration of Barack Obama, I noticed a sudden burst of followers on Twitter had the term “Conservative” and the occasional “Christian Conservative” in their bio. I noticed because I like to know who’s following me [...]