Articles tagged ‘Labour’

New visas rules for the UK

By Chris | December 18th, 2007 | Add a Comment »

The British government is bringing in new proposals to cut the time visitors are allowed to stay in the UK on single visits from 6 to 3 months. The changes are directed at visitors from outside the European Union and are part of the Labour government’s belated attempt to get a grip on the tsunami [...]

 

Daily Dose 08.08

By Chris | August 8th, 2007 | Add a Comment »

* Commercials for bookmakers, casinos and gambling websites to be allowed on tv.(TheTimes)
* Lost luggage sent to auction by British Airways going for between £5-£50 a piece.(Telegraph)
* Newquay hosts Britain’s largest surfing event.(TheIndependent)

 

Daily Dose 02.20

By Chris | February 20th, 2007 | Add a Comment »

* London Mayor Ken Livingstone signs deal with new dictator buddy Hugo Chavez of Venezuela for cheap fuel for buses. Now he just needs to get the dirty patches out of the knees of his suit.(BBCNews)
* Conservatives have a 13 point lead over Labour in latest opinion poll. Not that I think they’re up to [...]

 

The voice of the people

By Chris | February 13th, 2007 | Add a Comment »

The government is trying to limit the PR damage to its proprosed road pricing schemes from the enormous number of names added to the petition against them on 10 Downing Street’s own website.
10 Downing Street is the official residence of the British Prime Minister and last year they started a programme on their website letting [...]