Travel is a necessary evil of my job and having spent a number of years ploughing up and down the arterial motorways of England I have recently turned to public transport for the majority of my trips. One of the most noticeable aspects of using public transport is the prohibitive cost of it in comparison… Continue reading Public Transport
Month: January 2007
Another year in Iraq
“One death is a tragedy; a million is a statistic” Joseph Stalin Today the BBC quoted some official stats on 2006 in Iraq. It seems that the decision to invade them caused in excess of 12,300 civilian deaths in 2006 along with over 800 US troops. Trends suggest that this figure will continue to rise… Continue reading Another year in Iraq