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On a lighter note, anyone old enough to recall the 70s children's TV programme 'Rainbow' will enjoy this clip. They don't make programmes like that any more.

For a variety of reasons, we live in an age of political rectitude. Prevailing inhibitions mean we take our liberties for granted and rarely stand up for what we believe in. It's not so much that people have forgotten how to stand up and be counted, rather that it's nowadays considered eccentric and uncool, and risks offending someone with a contrary opinion. Yesterday, I decided to buck the

Prof John Lewis Gaddis of Yale, author of such books as The United States and the Origins of the Cold War and We Now Know: Rethinking Cold War History, has written a most interesting article on Bush's New Labour-backed foreign policy. Gaddis is often cited by those who desparately grope for someone in the Academy who backs the Bush/Blair 'Grand Strategy'. They might be interested to know that he

Went to a couple of meetings last night after work. Popped in to North Somerset Council's Environmental Services Policy & Scrutiny Panel to listen to the budget debate before then going to listen to Weston Town Council's debate about the Tropicana scheme and whether the Town Council should be involved. Maddeningly, the debate was deferred pending more "fact-finding". I lost my temper a little

Today I gave blood. It's my 6th pint, and I'll continue to give blood every 4 months until they tell me to stop. I'm not going to preach and tell everyone else to do it. For starters they have stupid rules which mean a number of you aren't able to do it, and I also know why people might be scared of needles.

You have to hand it to Rhodri Morgan, he knows how to create an impact. Finally sacking Jane Hutt as Health Minister on the first day of the new term was a masterstroke or was it? He had been under such intense pressure from the opposition and his own MPs for so long that the main question on everybody's lips was 'if he was going to give into these demands and not stick loyally with Jane Hutt, then why not do it earlier and save himself and his party a lot of hassle?' Maybe Rhodri thought that

It is possible that some of you reading this blog may not want others to find out that you are doing so. I understand that. Looking at it at work therefore can be a risky occupation. Fear not, a new toy is being marketed that will spare your blushes - a rear view mirror for computers. This device, found courtesy of the Western Mail, enables you to see who is approaching from behind and safely switch to a more acceptable blog such as those of Leighton Andrews or David Davies, before you are discovered. Retailing at less than a fiver,