[Petrol] One for the bush-pig and the prickle ...

Last night on Top Gear the Vauxhall Holden Monaro was deemed deeply desirable. A 5.7l V8, rear-wheel-drive muscle car, coming out in the UK for around £33K ... It was doing 60 at 1500 revs ... I've driven cars that would stall trying to do any speed at revs that low ...

Not ideal for town driving, admittedly, but for petrol-heads living in the city, who only drive when they've got long distances to cover ... (They also liked the S-Type R, but it cost about 10K more. The evil Chrysler 300C Hemi was judged a near miss, due to poor ride and iffy brakes.)

[Political (EU)] No to Buttiglione

As you will know, I don't usually repost political items, but ...

Please join in the protest against Rocco Buttiglione, who is designated to be Commissioner for Justice in the European Union. Buttiglione is known not only in Italy for his public stand against women's rights and gays and lesbians. His official discourse about women, condemning single mothers as unfit for raising children, and about homosexuals - he said "homosexuality is a sin" - make him inappropriate for such a position.

Please sign the online-petition and forward it to other organizations and to your friends.

Petition is here

Nothing like a blinkered right-winger to be the Commissioner for Justice, is there ...

RIP John Peel

BBC report

Heart attack. Peru.

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