A little bit of back-bone shown by XL Airways:
‘An important part of the Government’s immigration policy has suffered a serious blow after a leading airline announced it would no longer carry failed asylum-seekers who were being forcibly removed from the United Kingdom.
XL Airways, which has a fleet of 24 aircraft, said it was opposed to [...]
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Breath of the fresh stuff, breath of the stale…
Posted in Environment, News, Politics, UK News, tagged airlines, asylum seekers, business, Environment, immigration on October 8, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Autumn Comes
Posted in Age, Environment, life, tagged autumn, chestnut, conker on September 24, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Well, that’s all then. The week or two of sun in September’s gone, and ‘Summer’ went with it. Not that it makes a lot of difference: it might have been summer according to the tilt of the planet, but I don’t think this region was privy to the information.
Today was one of those mornings. I [...]
Albino sparrows
Posted in Environment, Wildlife on August 4, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Interesting looking birds! I don’t think I would have known they were sparrows without being told.
Would you buy a wooden computer?
Posted in Computers, Environment, News, UK News on July 23, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
PC World have announced that the first carbon neutral computer will be in the shops by October. Below are some of the features – would it catch on? I’d give it a crack. But would the wooden casing look too much like the Flintstones’ TV for the fashion conscious surfer to consider buying it?
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