Britalian

I just read that Waterford Wedgwood, who have been making porcelain and china for 250 years, are going bust?
I just find it incredible how many companies are going down the toilet, it makes me wonder how these business have stayed afloat for so long when they can all collapse so soon into an economic downturn.
When [...]

I have absolutely nothing against Chris Hoy. He is a great sportsman and the sort of person you would hold up as a genuine role model.
He has been knighted in the UK New Year honours, a decision I cannot make any sense of at all.
The team GB cyclists did very well in the Beijing Olympics [...]

Angry about mushrooms being added to your pizza? Peeved that shop workers won’t let your Priest ass use the staff toilets in a shop?
If either of these applies to you - and you are an idiot - then you can simply dial the UK emergency services to get some justice.
A BBC report shows some of [...]

The BBC reports that shoes were thrown at George W Bush by an Iraqi reporter on Bush’s farewell visit to Iraq.
The guy managed to get both shoes lobbed at the President, who dodged them expertly without the help of his Secret Service suits.
Throwing shoes, must be an Iraqi thing.

I was just listening to the podcast of CNN’s AC360. I like listening or watching American news. Obviously the coverage of US politics can be more in depth than elsewhere but often I like the over the top reporting of incidents, making them out to be much more important than they are to justify hours [...]