Chairman's blog archive
Past blogs from our Chairman, Roddy Graham, that appear weekly in BusinessCar, are reproduced below. For his latest, please refer to the Chairman's blog.
Electric vehicle false starts
November 17, 2011 9:08 amYou would expect electric car grant applications to rise as the year progresses. After all, there are nine electric...
read moreA sign of things to come
October 25, 2011 4:09 pmI thought our proliferation of road signs was bad, that is until I visited America recently. Yes, I was...
read moreFrankfurt reflections
September 20, 2011 10:24 amThe irony of the Frankfurt IAA Show is that it is such a huge event, spread over numerous gigantic...
read moreSpeed cameras - good and bad
August 30, 2011 10:04 amAn Aylesbury speed camera has a lot to answer for! Not only has it raked in thousands of pounds for...
read moreBad week for drivers
August 5, 2011 4:21 pmDriving has been in the news for all the wrong reasons this week. My triple-header starts with that uncontroversial character...
read morePoorer driving standards enough to drive you round the bend!
July 21, 2011 4:25 pmDespite the number of people killed in road accidents falling from 2,222 in 2009 to 1,857 last year – the...
read moreMileage cut-backs - new ways of working
June 27, 2011 4:39 pmBoth motoring organisations have come out with surveys indicating how much drivers have cut back on their mileage due to...
read moreSwindon's pioneering speed traffic management
June 6, 2011 4:48 pmSwindon has never really struck me as a pioneering town but then I’m not old enough to remember its role...
read moreTyres in the headlines
May 11, 2011 4:42 pmBlack round things are in the headlines again. No, not those big black holes which have been the subject of...
read moreRoad safety engineering budget fight
April 11, 2011 11:44 amWe may top the world road safety league but more could be done according to the Road Safety Foundation. With...
read moreWorld road safety league title worth defending
March 14, 2011 10:49 amAccording to Warranty Direct individual drivers and fleets could soon be spending £1 billion a year on repairing vehicles damaged...
read moreMore stable fleet market on the cards
February 21, 2011 12:27 pmRolls-Royce Motor Cars, the pinnacle luxury brand, last year more than doubled its worldwide sales. In so doing, it set...
read moreBlack holes keep getting bigger
February 2, 2011 9:42 amThere’s a black hole in the Treasury and many more around the country. And I’m not just talking about in...
read moreElectric vehicles not as clean as they seem
January 11, 2011 5:39 pmAs electric vehicles start to make inroads into mainstream motoring, it’s worth pausing to not only wait for the silent...
read moreNeed to keep UK PLC on the move
December 13, 2010 6:45 pmI don’t know about electric cars, we probably now need electrically-heated road surfaces! I’m only joking but the point is...
read moreElectric cars grabbing the headlines
November 22, 2010 4:38 pmThe Nissan Leaf has been voted Green Car of the Year by the GreenCarWebsite. Probably more significantly, it has made...
read morePower swings - what goes around, comes around
October 22, 2010 4:14 pmAs a period of unprecedented austerity beckons following this week’s Comprehensive Spending Review (CSR) it’s worth putting the whole thing...
read moreThe inevitability of lower speed limits
September 27, 2010 3:50 pmEdinburgh, location of the very first commercial city car club which I launched at the end of the nineties, is...
read moreMOTs under pressure
September 6, 2010 1:36 pmThis month sees more cars than ever before being submitted for an annual MOT, 2.5 million in all. No doubt...
read moreMotoring safety at risk as budget cuts start to take their toll
August 12, 2010 4:09 pmIt seems as if we are seeing the first cracks starting to appear on the motoring safety front as Government...
read morePassion for fleet management
July 23, 2010 4:29 pmLife is not a dress rehearsal. It’s the real thing and you have to make the most of the opportunities...
read moreRoad safety at risk following budget cuts
July 9, 2010 9:24 amIt seems we are all being fattened up for the big chop. Talk of 25 per cent cuts in government...
read moreIn deep water if you ignore excellent CSR and PR
June 25, 2010 12:40 pmDeepwater Horizon are two words BP, its employees, shareholders and more importantly still, the people living along the coastline of...
read moreVolcanoes or no volcanoes, we need to protect our planet
June 18, 2010 12:13 pmEyjafjallajokull is a word that became quite familiar a few weeks back even though probably people got a little tongue-tied...
read moreStolen gulley covers a sign of things to come
June 11, 2010 4:47 pmStolen gulley covers in Surrey puts the tin lid on it! According to the County Council, 536 gulley and drain...
read moreCall time on drink driving
June 4, 2010 3:17 pmDrink driving and drug driving deaths and injuries remain unacceptably high. In 2008, 11,000 in the UK alone were killed...
read moreA key to the future?
May 21, 2010 1:01 pmRecently I came across a great pioneering initiative in the States, which I hope will be introduced over here. Ford...
read morePoliticians Parliament needs to deliver
May 13, 2010 4:15 pmSo we got a hung Parliament after all, as predicted, and the first coalition Government since the Second World War. ...
read moreElection mumblings
May 7, 2010 11:20 amBy the time you read this you will have cast your vote. So will I although, before you come to...
read moreCrash for cash on the rise
April 30, 2010 5:35 pm‘Crash for cash’ appears to be hitting the headlines big time. The despicable practice of fraudsters deliberately making emergency stops...
read moreTall transport visions from little volcanoes grow!
April 23, 2010 3:45 pmFirst, we had leaves on the line. Now, we have ash in the sky! The genuine but bizarre excuses multiply...
read moreUK car parc declines for first time in 64 years
April 15, 2010 5:53 pmI never ever thought I would write about a declining UK vehicle parc but the fact is that the number...
read moreCar clubs on the up
March 26, 2010 12:57 pmCar clubs and car share schemes are back in the news and all positive stuff too. As regular readers of...
read moreF1 management lessons
March 19, 2010 2:21 pmWith all the talk of the sheer boredom of last Sunday’s opening F1 race, it’s still worth looking at some...
read morePotholes becoming more costly
March 12, 2010 5:07 pmBlack holes simply will not go away – ask any scientist! Indeed those I keep ranting on about (see blogs...
read moreGovernment gets tough on penalties
March 5, 2010 10:22 amGlad to see government is getting heavy on penalties on a number of fronts. First was the news last month that...
read moreFleet training key to success
March 1, 2010 10:48 amGiven we are now two months into the new decade, I wonder how organisations connected with fleet management are rising...
read morePotholes multiply - time to lobby
February 18, 2010 3:48 pmWhat requires a driver’s reaction time of seconds and yet a council’s reaction time of weeks? Yes, you’ve guessed it...
read moreRecall hysteria
February 12, 2010 3:31 pmVehicle recalls are grabbing the headlines these days and not always for the right reasons. There has been a wave...
read moreDrink-driving limits under attack
February 5, 2010 5:34 pmHot on the heels of moves to lower speed limits comes news of a campaign to lower drink-drive limits, something...
read moreSpeeding debate hots up
January 28, 2010 4:21 pmIn our recently published white paper entitled ‘A vision of fleet management in 2015. Predictions on how the fleet industry...
read moreBlack holes got a whole lot bigger!
January 14, 2010 4:23 pmThe black holes just got a whole lot bigger! And a lot more numerous. As the country is swathed under...
read moreSnow chaos
January 7, 2010 5:46 pmWe’re heading for the worst winter in 30 years and it shows as UK plc is frozen in a white...
read moreDisturbing increase in hand-held mobile usage
December 17, 2009 4:47 pmOur neighbours, the Transport Research Laboratory (TRL), last week highlighted the dangers of using hand-held mobile phones while driving. We...
read moreElectric jump start
December 10, 2009 4:24 pmElectric vehicles are very much flavour of the month with government. Chancellor Alistair Darling in this week’s Pre-Budget Report (PBR)...
read morePapering over the cracks?
December 4, 2009 4:39 pmIt seems as if the government is trying to squeeze a quart into a pint pot. Converting hard shoulders for...
read moreRoad Safety Week - no room for complacency despite improving statistics
November 26, 2009 4:36 pmThis week is Road Safety Week, the annual initiative organised by Brake, the independent road safety charity. I hope it’s...
read moreTraffic congestion rise green shoot indicator
November 19, 2009 3:18 pmEverywhere I go, I hear people talk of green shoots appearing. Our own business has certainly seen an upswing with...
read moreDebatable likelihood of UK Corporate Manslaughter prosecutions
November 12, 2009 4:17 pmMuch has been written about the UK Corporate Manslaughter (England, Wales and Northern Ireland) and Corporate Homicide (Scotland) Act, which...
read moreClimate change summit could be a deal breaker
November 5, 2009 4:09 pmMoney can often be a deal breaker and the Copenhagen climate change summit may be no different. Currently, there is...
read moreEasy booking, simplified fare structure and competitive pricing required to boost public transport
October 29, 2009 3:50 pmTwo weeks ago, I explored the position of the three major parties on transport. One of the specific future targets...
read moreBrawn - a touch of class
October 22, 2009 4:09 pmWhat is it about the Brazilian Grand Prix? Over the last few years, we have enjoyed some sensational championship showdown...
read moreParty transport policies - more vision required
October 15, 2009 4:35 pmNow that the three major party conferences are behind us I thought it would be interesting to see what they...
read moreGet on your bike!
October 1, 2009 4:14 pmIt’s get on your bike time! I’m not referring to another London to Paris bike ride in aid of charity...
read moreA Chinese U-turn
September 25, 2009 11:58 amIt’s all well and good us in the West getting all hot under the collar about climate change and the...
read moreElectrifying car scene
September 17, 2009 5:22 pmThe car scene is hotting up. One could even say it’s electrifying! The IAA motor show in Frankfurt has seen...
read moreSpanish electric car initiative
September 10, 2009 5:14 pmOne major factor preventing the widespread uptake of electrical vehicles is having a proper network infrastructure in place for re-charging...
read moreDrug-driving fleet policy more relevant than ever
September 3, 2009 4:27 pmWe’ve had plenty of drink-driving ad campaigns, now we’re seeing the first drug-driving campaign. Considering how prevalent drug taking is...
read moreIntelligent Highways
August 20, 2009 4:56 pmWe’ve often heard people talk about ‘intelligent highways’ in relation to information technology but it seems we may soon be...
read morePrancing horses - ups and downs
August 13, 2009 4:44 pmFunny how times change, and with it the fates of two prancing horses – Porsche and Ferrari! The prancing horses of...
read moreCharging on the horizon
August 6, 2009 4:11 pmThere have been a number of Parliamentary questions relating to road charging in recent weeks. Just when we thought the...
read moreThe hard road of motor sport
July 30, 2009 4:34 pmMotor sport has always been a ‘nice to have’ rather than a ‘must have’ for most vehicle manufacturers so it...
read moreAnswer the question Minister!
July 23, 2009 12:36 pmI’m not a great fan of Jeremy Paxman and find his style of interviewing downright rude at times. Take the...
read moreRay of hope at DfT
July 16, 2009 10:45 amMight we have a genuine contender in the shape of Lord Adonis as Secretary of State for Transport? Certainly, he...
read moreWarning - electric vehicles are selling!
July 9, 2009 5:00 pm‘Danger – Electric Vehicles’. Is this a sign of things to come? Not a warning sign in the immediate sense. ...
read moreBritish Grand Prix winners
June 25, 2009 5:19 pmWell Jenson Button may not have won the British Grand Prix but the event certainly was a winner. In more...
read moreCreeping towards an integrated transport policy solution
June 18, 2009 9:44 amMight we be making small inroads into an integrated transport policy? If not driven by government, at least by outside...
read moreCar club popularity rises including corporate membership
June 11, 2009 9:47 amCar share schemes and car clubs have been much in the news recently, all positive stuff too. As regular readers...
read moreExpensesgate - make your vote count
June 4, 2009 12:02 pmIt started with porn rental videos claimed for by the Home Secretary and quickly degenerated into far worse with Conservative...
read moreDeer talk
May 28, 2009 4:38 pmThe daughter of a friend of mine has just been involved in her second DVC within less than 12 months. ...
read moreExpensesgate - what those in charge of transport claimed
May 21, 2009 10:17 amFor the last fortnight, ever since the Daily Telegraph broke the ‘Expensesgate’ story, I have been fit to be tied,...
read moreMore black holes
May 8, 2009 4:51 pmHot on the heels that potholes have increased by a third in the past year, comes news that we might...
read moreManagement lessons from F1
April 30, 2009 4:42 pmWhat a delight to see a “fledgling”, virtually sponsor-less newcomer take on the establishment at the highest level of motor...
read moreBudget reaction
April 23, 2009 11:39 amSo the Chancellor did not take heed of my recommendations, nor those of the BVRLA, regarding his scrappage scheme. What...
read moreTo scrap or not to scrap?
April 16, 2009 5:03 pmNext week we’ll find out whether the government has done its homework over scrappage. Word on the street is that...
read moreParliament needs to get a grip on MPs expenses
April 2, 2009 4:21 pmSleaze and MPs seem to go hand in hand. It’s probably always been the case but has come more into...
read moreThe power of blogging
March 26, 2009 5:20 pmIt’s flattering to know that people like reading the BusinessCar blogs. Some have even told me that they are compulsive...
read moreTransport research - more government dead-end spending?
March 19, 2009 4:12 pmWhen will this government ever learn? It seems that despite the economic spiral, it is hell-bent on spending money as...
read moreThe case for a total ban on mobile phones
March 5, 2009 3:40 pmWith the recent high profile cases involving the use of mobile phones – hands-free or hand-held – it’s a real...
read moreThe privileges of working in the fleet industry
February 26, 2009 5:13 pmThe one thing I always never try to forget is how privileged many of us are who work in the...
read moreBlack replaces white but goes deeper
February 19, 2009 3:20 pmWell the snow cleared last week and the swathes of white icy road surfaces were replaced with the normal black...
read moreFrom bad to better with good news on professional training
February 12, 2009 6:02 pmFollowing my questioning last week of the level of justice when a court handed out a lowly 21-month prison sentence...
read moreStricter sentencing required where use of hand-held mobiles results in death
February 9, 2009 3:42 pmTwenty-one months for an innocent victim’s life, you wonder whether there really is any justice in the world. I refer...
read moreBlack is the new colour
January 22, 2009 4:23 pmBlack is the new black according to DuPont, who have revealed that it’s Europe’s most popular car colour, supporting the...
read moreIntelligent Speed Adaptation - the right foot knows best
January 15, 2009 9:57 amIntelligent Speed Adaptation – now there are a few words to conjure up all types of horror scenarios! Sudden spurts...
read moreHappy New Year!
January 8, 2009 9:00 amI hope like the FTSE100, it proves to be a better start than you originally expected. We all know it's...
read moreTackle the year ahead with a positive attitude
December 18, 2008 09:00 amWell there’s some good Christmas cheer for diesel drivers, the price per litre has fallen below a £1. Petrolheads are...
read morePlanning road delays
December 11, 2008 09:00 amIs it surprising that our economy has come to a grinding halt, when we do so with increased frequency on...
read moreThe Big Brother state creeps ever closer
December 4, 2008 9:00amAm I the only person worried about the insidious rise of the Big Brother state? Tomorrow a Bill will be...
read morePre-Budget Report
November 26, 2008 09:00 amThe jury’s out as to whether this ‘rescue’ pre-budget report will provide the necessary stimulus to a mis-firing economy. Some...
read moreGovernment should do more for city car clubs
November 19, 2008 09:00 amAs the person responsible for launching the very first commercial car club, the Budget City Car Club in Edinburgh, I...
read moreElectric vehicles on the move
November 12, 2008 09:00 amWe all know is that there is no panacea for our green transport problems. Solutions will come from a...
read more'Big Brother' black boxes
November 5, 2008 09:00 amGreat news from America today - they've elected their first black President. We'll have to see what happens under...
read moreGreat news - commuting times down
October 29, 2008 09:00 amGreat news - commuting times for those spending more than hour going to and from work have fallen for the...
read moreGreen is the colour of the day
October 22, 2008 09:00 amGreen seems to be the colour of the day with various new announcements made. In many ways, with my Edinburgh City...
read moreTopsy-turvy markets
October 16, 2008 09:00 amYou don't know which way to turn, one day the markets are up, the next they are down. First, the financial...
read moreBig Brother has arrived
October 9, 2008 09:00 amIt had to happen. Big Brother has finally arrived on our roads with the imminent roll-out of Specs3. Specs3 you...
read morePlanning ahead is increasingly difficult in these turbulent times
October 3, 2008 09:00 amThe late Paul Newman came out with some wonderful quotes during his lifetime. One seems quite apposite in these...
read moreBusiness life is currently a bit like walking on sheet ice.
September 25, 2008 09:00 amBusiness life is currently a bit like walking on sheet ice. You don't know when you're going to hear...
read moreRollercoaster ride not yet over by a long way
September 18, 2008 09:00 amLast week I referred to one hell of a rollercoaster economic year. Little did I, or anybody else, know...
read moreRollercoaster year sees oil prices skyrocket then fall
September 11, 2008 09:00 amWhat can you say except that we are having one hell of a rollercoaster economic year. It almost makes it...
read morePoliticians - don't you just love them!
September 3, 2008 09:00 amYou know how much I hate politicians. I've yet to find one who's actually got balls, is determined against the...
read moreTraffic congestion falls for first time
August 27, 2008 09:00 amLast week I stated, as I have done many times before, that the best congestion management policy is to hit...
read moreBlack box technology road pricing
August 20, 2008 09:00 amI'll bang on about it until I'm blue in the face (see my original blog of 19 February 2007) but...
read moreReflections on the British International Motor Show
August 13, 2008 09:00 amHighlight of my visit to the 2008 British International Motor Show was a sushi for lunch. The whole experience was...
read moreNeed for an integrated transport policy/zero tolerance for young drink/driver drivers
July 23, 2008 09:00 amNew road building appears to be bottom of the transport secretary's agenda following her announcement earlier this week that the...
read moreSpeed cameras
July 17, 2008 09:00 amSo Swindon Borough Council has declared what we all know to be true. Speed cameras are a revenue generator for...
read moreWell counter to some thoughts including the sales director of our own rental management division
June 26, 2008 09:00 amWell counter to some thoughts including the sales director of our own rental management division, who ran a sweepstake on...
read moreLondon to Paris Bike Ride in aid of Marie Curie Cancer Care
June 19, 2008 09:00 amPermit me for feeling slightly smug on the eve of my epic 250-mile London to Paris Bike Ride in aid...
read moreI've taken an inordinate interest in potholes
June 13, 2008 09:00 amEver since I've been training for next week's London to Paris Bike Ride in aid of Marie Curie Cancer Care,...
read moreHMRC seems to be taking the plight
June 7, 2008 09:00 amHMRC seems to be taking the plight of the ‘at work' driver, using his or her vehicle on company business,...
read moreCCTV
May 28, 2008 09:00 amInterestingly, we advised our clients' drivers to watch out for a change in the law that could affect them financially....
read moreDriving infringements caught on CCTV
May 28, 2008 09:00 amInterestingly, we advised our clients' drivers to watch out for a change in the law that could affect them financially....
read more'at work' drivers
May 23, 2008 09:00 amI see the government is about to get tougher on road safety. It wants to top the country league...
read morePothole Expert
May 19, 2008 09:00 amYou know I wrote about potholes a few blogs ago. Well, now I'm becoming an expert on them! My avoidance...
read moreLocal Council Elections
May 9, 2008 09:00 amThe trouble with local council elections is that unless there's one happening in your patch, they are of zero interest!...
read morePrice of Petrol
May 2, 2008 09:00 amWell, how times have changed. I clearly remember the price of petrol at the pumps used to be around 30...
read moreUK's first hydrogen fuel station
April 24, 2008 09:00 amToday is a significant day. Why? Because the UK's first hydrogen fuel station has just opened at Birmingham University. The...
read moreUK Porsche - unfair tax
April 23, 2008 09:00 amThe claim by UK Porsche MD, Andy Goss that "We always knew the environmental impact of this unfair tax would...
read moreHoles in British Roads
April 15, 2008 09:00 amBlack holes in space are a source of mystery to us mere mortals on planet Earth. They become even more...
read moreDriving on the UK`s Roads
April 3, 2008 09:00 amDriving on the UK's roads these past weeks has got me thinking about driving standards in general and lane discipline...
read moreHigh Occupancy Lanes
March 27, 2008 09:00 amHot on the news that a high occupancy lane has been opened up north, comes news that such a proposed...
read moreHonda Institute
March 12, 2008 09:00 amHaving just come back from chairing the 15th Annual Members' Conference of the Institute of Car Fleet Management (ICFM), held...
read moreGreen Fleet Policies
March 5, 2008 09:00 amLast week I referred to the fact that a recent survey suggested that companies were paying mere lip service to...
read moreCongestion Charging
February 26, 2008 09:00 amSo three out of four Londoners oppose the proposed rise in the congestion charge. Hardly surprising, given it was a...
read moreHas Porsche lost touch with reality?
February 21, 2008 09:00 amHas Porsche lost touch with reality? I just can't believe it has applied for a judicial review of Ken Livingston's...
read moreBiofuels are no longer flavour of the month
February 13, 2008 09:00 amBiofuels are no longer flavour of the month. The first thorough investigation into biofuel carbon budgets has revealed that growing...
read moreCCTV Cameras
February 7, 2008 09:00 amI always thought Tony Blair was Big Brother. Who didn't? He was a control freak. Now it seems that the...
read moreLow Emission Zones
January 30, 2008 09:00 amAm I the only person who is going to wake up on February 4 surprised? I`ve been trying to find...
read moreHouse of Commons Environmental Audit Committee
January 24, 2008 09:00 amInteresting to learn that the House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee, an all-party group of MPs, says that plans to...
read moreGood news and bad news in recent weeks
January 16, 2008 09:00 amFirst, the good news. I understand that the government is starting to get serious about driving standards and that in...
read moreFirst, may I wish everyone a very happy and prosperous New Year!
January 9, 2008 09:00 amI trust everyone had a good break and took advantage of the opportunity to relax and spend time with family...
read moreI guess really I shouldn't have suggested
December 5, 2007 09:00 amI guess really I shouldn't have suggested the other week that the DVLA take over data management across government departments....
read moreI am a great believer
November 29, 2007 09:00 amI am a great believer in surveys in general but sometimes you really shouldn't even take some of them with...
read moreWhile the government continues
November 22, 2007 09:00 amWhile the government continues to secretly accept backhanders, the poor old company car driver suffers at the pumps. All...
read moreWhat do you make of the Labour MP
November 15, 2007 09:00 amWhat do you make of the Labour MP, Janet Anderson, who claimed a massive £13,851, in mileage expenses alone! ...
read moreThere seems definite discontent
November 7, 2007 09:00 amThere seems definite discontent in a number of quarters. First come news of consumer irritation with refuelling with the wrong kind...
read moreWell the day after I talked
October 30, 2007 09:00 amWell the day after I talked about the experimental use of the hard shoulder on motorways to alleviate traffic congestion,...
read moreYield management is key
October 24, 2007 09:00 amYield management is key to success in the vehicle rental industry. Maximising vehicle utilisation can make a world of...
read moreWork has started
October 16, 2007 09:00 amWork has started on the country's first dedicated motorway share lane - too little too late! And I do...
read moreSo Malcolm Fendick, Department for Transport
October 9, 2007 09:00 amSo Malcolm Fendick, Department for Transport clean fuels advisor is technology and fuel neutral, whatever that means? If you've got...
read moreWhen is government going to stop pussyfooting
September 19, 2007 09:00 amWhen is government going to stop pussyfooting around the whole issue of carbon footprints? And I don't just mean our...
read moreIn our 24/7 society
September 12, 2007 09:00 amIn our 24/7 society, it's all too tempting to look at the Blackberry while lounging on a beach somewhere exotic...
read moreI Can't believe
September 5, 2007 09:00 amI can't believe what I read the other day in a rival publication. It was a reader contribution, so no...
read moreFor the bloke caught at a new record speed
August 24, 2007 09:00 amFor the bloke caught at a new record speed in the UK of 174mph on an A-road, there is only...
read moreInteresting and not too surprising
August 8, 2007 09:00 amInteresting and not too surprising is news of government's proposal to raise the minimum legal driving age to 18. Irrefutable...
read moreWell it's all been happening
July 31, 2007 09:00 amWell it's all been happening while I've been on holiday in Greece. Under sweltering 40 degree plus conditions, I could...
read moreIt's quite a shock to hear
July 10, 2007 09:00 amIt's quite a shock to hear that an empty lemonade bottle can kill a man, but that's exactly what I...
read moreWell in my open letter to Gordon Brown
July 3, 2007 09:00 amWell in my open letter to Gordon Brown, the last thing I thought he would do is appoint Ruth Kelly...
read moreMy open letter to Gordon Brown
June 26, 2007 09:00 am"My open letter to Gordon Brown: Dear Fellow Countryman, Congratulations on finally reaching the top step of the podium. Like Lewis Hamilton,...
read moreWell, congratulations to Lewis Hamilton
June 12, 2007 09:00 amWell, congratulations to Lewis Hamilton. He's proved the real deal. For those who follow motor sport his name will have...
read moreI don't know why
May 9, 2007 09:00 amI don't know why but it seems every Bank Holiday brings news of new fatalities on Britain's roads. However, nothing...
read moreHave you seen the latest Nationwide ads on TV?
May 1, 2007 09:00 amHave you seen the latest Nationwide ads on TV? They're great! Not only are they amusing but they also underline...
read moreSo the Climate Change Bill going through Parliament
March 20, 2007 09:00 amSo the Climate Change Bill going through Parliament will make us the first country in the world to set legally...
read moreRoad Charging - You are having a laugh
March 5th, 2007 9.00amApart from the spy in cab being really abhorrent ‘1984' style stuff in any government's hands, the proposals are ill...
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