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Blog: Time to end the UK's wacky welfare system

Gabriel Hershman — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 12:00:00 +0200

Some clergy suggested the UK government's proposal to cap annual state benefits at 26 000 pounds is 'unchristian'. Really?

Blog: On Worral Thompson and a shoplifter's motive

Gabriel Hershman — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 15:41:00 +0200

There is no such thing as a 'typical' shoplifter and there are many motives for people to steal.

Blog: Ed Miliband should never have challenged his brother

Gabriel Hershman — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 13:05:00 +0200

In essence Ed only has himself to blame; he set his stall to the Left of his brother and now seems lost as to what to do.

Blog: Stephen Lawrence was just a pretext for bestial violence

Gabriel Hershman — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 14:13:00 +0200

Stephen Lawrence's killers, handed 14 and 15-year sentences, were certainly racist, but also, simply, psychopaths looking for trouble.

England vs Bulgaria: Bad behaviour, bum raps and a wonderful PR campaign

Gabriel Hershman — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 11:49:00 +0300

The tattooed louts came up to have a closer inspection, virtually peering down at the mother's cleavage.

Why Bulgarian still matters

Nadezhda Kazakova — Tue, 24 May 2011 17:53:00 +0300

I plan on teaching it to my children regardless of where they are born and grow up.

Blog: End of an era as Larry King calls it a day

Gabriel Hershman — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 13:02:00 +0200

In an era where chat show hosts appear more interested in themselves than their guests, he was genuinely more curious about his interviewees.

A Portuguese lesson for Bulgaria?

Gabriel Hershman — Sun, 12 Dec 2010 18:12:00 +0200

When Portugal joined the EEC (as it was then called) in 1986 it received 42 billion euro in structural funds and 6.3 billion euro in cohesion funds over 20 years.

Blog: Poking Camilla

Gabriel Hershman — Sun, 12 Dec 2010 14:59:00 +0200

'Does the Queen ever go to the bathroom?' What a stupid question! Of course she doesn't! Angels descend from heaven and remove any 'waste' using golden tubes bearing the royal crest.

All who stammer are not stupid

Gabriel Hershman — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 13:54:00 +0200

The King's Speech will do more for stammerers than years of publicity and campaigns.

British men have obstructed views

Gabriel Hershman — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 16:34:00 +0200

Bad diet, a generally indolent lifestyle and a prodigious intake of amber nectar mean that five million British men are now so fat that they they can no longer see their genitals.

Blog: 'Socialist' Ed Miliband opens a can of peas

Gabriel Hershman — Sun, 28 Nov 2010 12:16:00 +0200

I suspect Ed Miliband's definition of socialism differs radically from that of his Marxist father

Blog: The losers waiting to celebrate when Margaret Thatcher dies

Gabriel Hershman — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 13:31:00 +0300

Evidently, the Left's supposed belief in the 'international brotherhood of man' does not extend to compassion for an aged, democratically elected former prime minister.

Blog: Breaking news on Tony Blair's drinking and toilet habits

Gabriel Hershman — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 12:06:00 +0300

Blair's interview, and the supposedly scinitillating revelations serialised in the British press, were remarkably trivial.

Blog: Of Derrick Bird and other PUPS

Gabriel Hershman — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 13:07:00 +0300

I propose support groups for ageing, plain, anonymous, cash-strapped men. They could save lives.

Clint Eastwood is 80!

Gabriel Hershman — Thu, 27 May 2010 12:31:00 +0300

Oscar-winning actor and director who became a superstar with 1960s spaghetti westerns hits four score years on May 31 2010.

Old school tie: David Cameron and Nick Clegg

Gabriel Hershman — Thu, 13 May 2010 16:07:00 +0300

Let's not cry "foul" about Cameron and Clegg before they have even started purely because they are "toffs".

UK election blog: Gordon Brown is a squatter and must go

Gabriel Hershman — Sat, 08 May 2010 12:18:00 +0300

"It might not be clear who has won the election, but it's very clear who has lost it." Jeremy Thorpe to Edward Heath in February 1974.

Comment: 'We have a duty to protect these children'

Thomas Hammarberg — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 12:12:00 +0300

Children coming alone as migrants should not be automatically returned, says Thomas Hammarberg, the Council of Europe's Human Rights Commissioner.

UK election: Labour trails in third place in polls after first ever leaders' TV debate

Gabriel Hershman — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 14:31:00 +0300

Breaking news: David Cameron mentions Bulgaria!! "Our death rate for cancer (in the UK) is actually worse than the Bulgarians'."