Let’s start at the beginning… a joke, according to my trusty dictionary is:
1.  funny story: a funny story, anecdote, or piece of wordplay that gets passed round and repeated
2.  something funny said or done: anything said or done to make people laugh
dressed up the dog in a hat and sunglasses as a joke
3.  funny event: a funny event or circumstance, or something to laugh at
4.  something inadequate: somebody or something that is laughably inadequate or absurd (slang).

An Englishman, an Irishman and a Scotsman… And so the joke goes. But the ‘gags’ sent from 118-118 to a student at UClan, Kameron Abbass, were not about one of these entrenched, playful British sterotypes, they were two, about Asians, and Pakistanis.

The decision at Exeter University to overturn a ban on having the British National Party to speak there is in some ways, an admirable one.

A proposed change in the law on organ donations, supported by Prime Minister Gordon Brown, would mean that everyone in the country would automatically be considered a donor unless they opt-out. Or relatives object.

So ladies, looks like our numbers are up! The numbers being those detailing just how equally, or unequally, women are treated compared to men in 130 countries, in all kinds of kind-of important things like pay, work opportunities, political power, health and education.

“You cannot stop people who are determined to kill children”
Those are the words of Haringey’s director of children’s services, Sharon Shoesmith; one of many alarming sound bites to come from the department in the last week.
After an icy acknowledgement that the death of Baby P was tragic and horrific she then concluded: “We can’t get it right all the time.”
Still struggling to grasp the point, Ms Shoesmith is oblivious to the public’s revulsion that not only did Haringey not get it right, they got it so horribly wrong.
And yes, Ms …

Yes. There wasn’t a ceremony at the university on Tuesday to mark Remembrance Day.

The changes to abortion laws are all but made. The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill is now in the ‘ping pong’ stage- their words not mine (www.parliament.uk) – between the two Houses of Parliament, before it is given Royal ascent- or the Queen’s big rubber stamp.

Just as you thought the furore of Sachsgate had died down, it seems the flames
are being fanned with Jonathan Ross’ P45, as a fresh debate begins in its wake.

Watching BBC News Coverage of the US Election, I realised Obama’s victory was tangible, even imminent. And today, 634 days after his campaign began, Barack Obama was confirmed the victor, and the first ever African-American President of the United States.