I’m away for a few days with no access to a computer so unfortunately I won’t be able to update the blog. Stay sceptical. Innit.

Yesterday I wrote about the decision by the MOD to try and claw back some of the compensation awarded to Cpl Duncan and Mne McWilliams. Now Defence Secretary Bob Ainsworth has come running home from holiday to deal with the issue and as a result of this case is bringing forward their review of the [...]

Previously I posted about the British Chiropractic Association who are suing Simon Singh for libel following his comments in a guardian article. As an update to that original post the BCA did eventually produced a list of studies purported to support the questionable treatments, however these did nothing more than to support Simon Singh’s criticism. For a [...]

There was a article in the Independent today about the decision by the Ministry of Defence to take legal action against Cpl Duncan, of the Light Dragoons, and Royal Marine Matthew McWilliams to have their compensation reduced after they successfully appealed to have their compensation increased for injuries they suffered during service. “Cpl Duncan was [...]

Bill O’Reilly, from Fox News would have you believe that our neighbours in Amsterdam are naive, evil, immoral and live in a ‘cesspool of corruption’. Fox News get their information so wrong sometimes its a wonder they can get away with it. How badly could they misrepresent this beautiful city? Its a disgrace.

There was a guide to swine flu in the Guardian today (page 11 – not available online) compiled in conjunction with the British Medical Journal. It was informative and the advice it offered was sound. Under the ‘Prevention’ section of the guide it read as follows; There’s no good evidence that wearing masks will protect [...]

There’s a great little story tucked away at the bottom of page 19 of the Guardian today. It turns out that the Office of Fair Trading’s (OFT) recent annual report revealed “a cash loss of £250,000, of which £97,000 occurred in 2008-09, and £153,000 occurred in 2007-08″. “This was due to an alleged fraud made possible [...]

The media is going crazy over this swine flu thing at the moment. I personally think everybody needs to calm down. There is no doubt that S-OIV H1N1 can be dangerous but it is important to keep a little sense of perspective on the subject. Data at this stage can be misleading but at the [...]

A recent fun test of Astrology on Richard Wiseman’s website reminded me of the fact that despite being extremely sceptical of this crazy belief/pseudoscience I had never taken more than a passing interest in it so perhaps it was unfair of me to dismiss it out of hand. The first thing to consider is that [...]

There was a story (advertisement) this morning on BBC News which spoke about a new biography of Michael Jackson by HarperCollins. This book, they boasted, had been compiled in record time by sticking to ‘some of the strictest deadlines ever in publishing history’. They continued by describing how the day after Jackson died they decided to [...]