IF one public figure embodies all the arrogance, incompetence, dogmatism and greed of the Labour elite it is Baroness Ashton, recently appointed the new foreign Minister of the European Union.
ALASTAIR COOK joins an exclusive list of illustrious – and in some cases not so illustrious – names tomorrow when he captains England in the first Test in Bangladesh.
PEOPLE should take very seriously the criticisms of British school- leavers made by Tesco director Lucy neville-rolfe. Her comments about attitude problems, poor punctuality, scruffiness and a lack of basic skills come from the perspective of Britain’s biggest private employer.
“THE dog ate my income tax form” or “the dog ate my homework” are proverbial excuses but “the dog ate my pearl earrings” is certainly an original plea.
MY HEROINE of the week is Gillian Chapman, who turned her back on what might have been a million pounds’ worth of compensation, saying she has no time for ambulance chasers.
BEING middle-aged isn’t exactly a walk in the park. Terrified by our own physical lot – diminishing powers and expanding waistline, receding hair and encroaching decrepitude, burdened with ancient parents and needy children, we are the sandwich generation – the human Kraft cheese slice, the squished potted meat, the slice of corned beef wedged between two hefty slabs of population with the duty to make things tasty for them both. If we don’t, who will?
Q Several months ago I was diagnosed with a blood clot in my leg, for which I have been prescribed warfarin. As yet, there is no sign of the swelling going down. I am worried about taking this medication unnecessarily and wish there was an alternative. Will my leg eventually return to normal?