Why Darling should cut Fuel Duty
Here in the UK (and I guess elsewhere if my friends in the US are anything to go by) the price of petrol ("gas" for you colonists) has shot up in the last few weeks. Only yesterday the price per …
Author: Peter Ould
Civil Partnerships – Dead, Alive or Spinning Round?
Here’s Pete Burns’ opinion: When he flashed his engagement ring on the sofa with Richard and Judy, pop star Pete Burns told of his happiness at the prospect of becoming the latest celebrity to marry his male partner. But now, …
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Website Vanity
April 2008 was the best month ever for An Exercise in the Fundamentals of Orthodoxy with 9,316 visits from a staggering 5,438 unique visitors. Must be something in the water….
Sisters, Inheritance and Civil Partnerships
You’ll have seen the story in the past few days that the European Court of Human Rights ruled against a couple of elderly sisters who wanted to have the same inheritance tax rights as two women in a Civil Partnership. …
A change of scene
Our default hospital was presented to us as the Queen Elizabeth II (QE2) in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire. At the time we were allocated to it (pretty much as soon as the pregnancy was confirmed back in September 2007) we …
Hail the Day that sees Him Rise!!!!
Hail the day that sees Him rise, Alleluia! To His throne above the skies, Alleluia! Christ, awhile to mortals given, Alleluia! Reascends His native heaven, Alleluia! There the glorious triumph waits, Alleluia! Lift your heads, eternal gates, Alleluia! Christ hath …