Perhaps I was just naive when I thought that only a drop of “wrong kind of” snow can disrupt transport in London, as today Victoria station along with many others was evacuated after heavy rainfall that flooded the station.
After the ridiculous and idiotic mess this winter I probably shouldn’t be amazed by this, but I can’t help it, it’s too strange – considering it, as we know, rains pretty much in London and has always …

The British National Party (BNP) has failed to find enough far-right allies to form a new bloc in the European Parliament as other even other far-right parties don’t dare to team up with that “bunch of retarded racists”, to quote classics.
“We have failed to form a formal group. It’s disappointing but not surprising,” BNP leader Nick Griffin said on Tuesday.
Mr Griffin, along with his colleague Andrew Brons, had been in talks with Hungary’s far-right Jobbik …

London Assembly member Brian Coleman refused to publish his itemized expense claims voluntarily, even though Mayor Boris Johnson, his advisers, and the 24 other members have all agreed to voluntarily publish their own, the Daily Mail reports.
One of his claims which has been made public was £378 for a taxi, which waited for him while he attended a banquet.
He said he had “nothing to hide” but felt his expenses had been fully audited and there …

US President Barack Obama told Russia’s leaders they must respect the sovereignty of their neighbours Georgia and Ukraine, the Telegraph reports.
Obama struck a conciliatory tone for much of his wide-ranging and televised speech to students at the New Economic School, but he pointedly mentioned Georgia and Ukraine by name.
“State sovereignty must be a cornerstone of international order,” he said. “Just as all states should have the right to choose their leaders, states must have the …

Relatives of the 52 victims of the 7th July bombings  marked the fourth anniversary of the attacks with the unveiling of a memorial commemorating their loved ones in Hyde Park, the Telegraph reports.
They were joined by the Prince of Wales, Gordon Brown and other political leaders as the nation remembered those killed and injured in the atrocities on London’s transport network in 2005, according to the report.
A monument honouring the dead is in Hyde Park …

Palm’s new smartphone Pre will hit UK stores by Christmas, and as the iPhone, it will also be sold exclusively by O2.
Telefonica, the Spanish parent company of O2, has secured exclusive rights to sell the phone in the UK, Ireland, Germany and Spain, the Telegraph reports.
O2 must be very happy indeed, having both of this year’s most hotly awaited phones will push the UK’s most popular mobile phone operator even further ahead of its rivals.
The …

Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, who announced her surprising resignation on 3rd July, says that it was a matter of progressing in an unconventional way because that’s how Alaskans are.
She told CNN that she’s not a quitter, but a fighter, and she hasn’t ruled out re-entering public life some day. She also said that all options are on the table, the AP reports.
Palin also told CNN that her administration has been paralyzed by fending off frivolous …

In the morning of day two we started off in Tenby, a little but colourful village in South West Wales.

After that we drove around a little in Pembrokeshire and arrived at Pembroke, where in the middle of the town there were ruins of the castle.

After leaving Pembroke we started hitting north, but along the coastside of Pembrokeshire.

St. David is the smallest “city” in the UK with the population of 1,797. It’s a “city” because of …

According to Mercer’s recent Cost of Living survey, Japan’s capital Tokyo is the most expensive city for expatriates and Johannesburg is the cheapest; London drops from 3rd place to 16th.
Top 10 cost of living ranking for cities worldwide:
Tokyo, Japan (1st)
Osaka, Japan (2nd)
Moscow, Russia (3rd )
Geneva, Switzerland (4th)
Hong Kong, Hong Kong (5th)
Zürich, Switzerland (6th)
Copenhagen, Denmark (7th)
New York, USA (8th)
Beijing, China (9th)
Singapore (10th)
The period from March 2008 to March 2009 was characterized by important currency fluctuations; in …

Once again an organization is reporting that “worst of the recession is over” – and I’ve already lost track how many times this has been said during past six months, while things have constantly gone only worse.
Now it’s the British Chamber of Commerce (BCC) that is saying that, although they concede that talk of recovery is premature, the BBC says.
BCC’s report, based on a survey of 5,600 companies, found there had been “welcome progress” in …

Counter-terrorism chiefs are worried neo-nazis are plotting a “spectacular” terrorist attack on Britain to fuel racial tension, the Daily Mail reports.
Commander Shaun Sawyer, from the Met’s specialist operations wing, said senior officers are responding to a growing threat by increasing their surveillance of suspected conspirators.
“I fear that they will have a spectacular,” he said. “They will carry out an attack that will lead to a loss of life or injury to a community somewhere. They’re …

MPs yesterday approved fines of up to £1,000 for those who fail to tell the passport and identity service of changes in their personal details including address, name, nationality and gender, the Guardian reports.
The fines are part of a package of secondary legislation being pushed through parliament designed to implement the national identity card scheme, and which will allow sensitive personal data on the ID card/passport database to be shared with the police, security services …

Almost 1,000 criminals, including murderers, rapists and paedophiles are wrongly at large, and police are refusing to identify them, citing data protection laws, the Daily Mail reports.
The dangerous convicts should have been returned to jail after committing new crimes or breaking the terms of their early release, but they have been allowed to cheat justice for up to 25 years after police forces across the country failed to track them down.
Those who remain on the …

Former US First Lady Jackie Kennedy had a passionate four-year affair with Bobby Kennedy, the brother of her late husband, according to a new book.
The Telegraph reports that Jackie was so in love with Bobby, that when he was shot during his presidential campaign in 1968 it was her – not his wife Ethel – who instructed doctors to turn off his life support machine.
Ethel was aware of the affair but chose to ignore it, …

New best mates have emerged – US President Barack Obama praised Russian Prime Minister and de facto leader Vladimir Putin for his “extraordinary work” as president and PM, only a week after he said that Putin has one foot in the past.
“I am aware of not only the extraordinary work that you’ve done on behalf of the Russian people in your previous role as prime minis-, uh, as president, but in your current role as …