Guest blog: Treating a cold or the flu? Remember to double-check: Don’t double up on medicines with acetaminophen

Brett Snodgrass The Acetaminophen Awareness Coalition educates people about the safe and effective use of  acetaminophen, the active ingredi...

By Appointment

Today Unmitigated England takes a very tentative step into the past and over the border. The reason is that I read this weekend of the passi...

Deputation to the City of Toronto: Reduce TTC Fares For People on ODSP or Social Assistance

Here is the text of another one of my lobbying efforts; this one to Toronto City Council regarding TTC fares. A lot of people liked it. Here...

Submission to Standing Committee on Economic & Financial Affairs

This is the submission I did to Ontario's Standing Committee on Economic and Financial Affairs, on behalf of the ODSP Action Coalition, ...

Look At The Size Of That Rabbit!

No matter how much we pleaded and presented our case for having a dog, my parents stood firm in their resolve.  My dad, the oldest of four b...

Progress report on the reopening of the Waverley Route

Well, not the whole of the line, but 36 miles or so from Edinburgh to Tweedbank. But already there are demands for a futher reopening to Haw...

UKIP candidate's donkey rape story slammed

BBC News wins Headline of the Day.

Six of the Best 491

"Had the campaign been, as it should have been, against the general principle rather than the specific example of books, then we might ...

Natalie Bennett should beware the sharp elbows of Caroline Lucas

I have a soft spot for Natalie Bennett. She and I used both to be members of the team that took turns to host the Britblog Roundup . But her...