BBC Blog Network

User Profile

sashmill

Listed below are comments made by sashmill between Wednesday, 30th September 2009 and Saturday, 14th November 2009.

«Newer
Older»

A return to reason? 9:37pm on 14 Nov 2009 The government is gagged by the tobacco companies, which provide huge tax revenue in excahnge for destroying people's health and lives. Professor Nutt was absolutely right to criticise the hypocrisy of the classification system, although I still believe that cannabis should be class B (and tobacco class A).
Obviously, the government is not obliged to follow expert advice, but it must be prepared to take criticism for not following. The sacking of Professor Nutt is tantamount to repression, and undermines the principles of accountability and democracy. Before spending years dithering away on meaningless (inasmuch as they are ignored) reports, Professor Nutt must be reinstated.
Caption Competition 6:53pm on 29 Oct 2009 Dignitas celebrates opening of new branch in America.
Changing Britain's relationship with Europe 4:20pm on 29 Oct 2009 Surely Sarkozy and Merkel should ignore Cameron's policies unless he actually gets into power. After all, Merkel was very cautious in getting involved in Obama's tour in Germany during his election campaign.
Leipzig: Town of economic progress and social divide 6:37pm on 28 Oct 2009 One of the people you interviewed said he lived off benefits governed by Hartz IV, a reform that when enacted was very unpopular (because it reduced the amount of the benefit and made it harder to obtain): what is the sentiment towards it now?
El Presidente 10:18am on 28 Oct 2009 to no. 4: [Perhaps in a few years we'll all be spending our worthless Euro notes with Tony's smug grin plastered all over them.]

The signature that appears on Euro notes is that of the chief of the ECB (European Central Bank), who is currently Jean Trichet. Blair is not running for any job in the ECB.
El Presidente 10:16am on 28 Oct 2009 Blair as "El Presidente" is preferable to Cameron as PM. Unfortunately, the two are not mutually exclusive.
Where it all began: Altenburg 10:10am on 28 Oct 2009 How effective, if at all, is the Solidaritätszuschlag (solidarity tax paid by West Germans) in places like Altenburg?
Caption Competition 1:55pm on 08 Oct 2009 Never doing this race again — the costumes are so uncomfortable!
Czech OK to Lisbon 'in weeks' 8:56pm on 07 Oct 2009 If the treaty is ratified by all 27 states, then the Tories will simply drop the pledge for a referendum. That is what they did to the "pledge" to scrap student top-up fees after the 2005 election. They cannot be trusted — they just want the power.
Map of the Week: How green is your valley? 6:43pm on 30 Sep 2009 I would be interested to know the standard deviation within each local authority as well (i.e. does everyone emit roughly the same amount, or are there significant disparities within each area)

«Newer
Older»

^ Back to top

BBC MMVI

The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites

BBC.co.uk

BBC Blog Network

Find and talk to the BBC's bloggers.

User Profile

sashmill