In recent news, the UK government appeared to reverse the decision that Home Inspection packs (HIPs) would be mandatory. However, it now appears that not only with HIPs be mandatory but they will be more expensive and also not be the silver bullet that they were intended to be. In other words, lenders will still require [...]

The interesting thing of note in the blog is not so much whether the story is true or not (although one assumes not due to the references to a hoax), but in as much as the idea that there’s not so much as a master-plan by a secretive (Jewish or non-Jewish) organisation to change the world according to their rules, but instead a lot of cover-ups by senior figures who are just as fallible as you or I but whose mistakes are just a lot worse due to the scale of their impact.

In the guise of fighting terrorism and maintaining public order, Tony Blair’s Government has quietly and systematically taken power from Parliament and the British people. The author charts a nine-year assault on civil liberties that reveals the danger of trading freedom for security – and must have Churchill spinning in his grave.

A message forwarded to me from somebody in Lebanon just arrived. It’s dated 15th July … Lebanon & the Lebanese need your help, you should forward this message to as many people as you know. THE POWER OF THE WEB IS UNLIMITED, IT IS OUR DUTY TO USE IT. We should communicate to the world what is really happening in Lebanon , maybe they can help stop this manslaughter and the complete destruction of Lebanon’s infrastructure. As I am writing this E-mail, I can hear the missiles hitting Beirut city…

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