Boris Johnson surmised the views of the nation in a Facebook post on Thursday (more…)
Tag: Mayor of London
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Wally of the Week: David Lammy MP
Labour’s David Lammy defends shoplifters who steal luxury goods (more…)
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Boris is back
BREAKING NEWS: Boris Johnson set to attempt to return to Westminster
It was inevitable but it is excellent news: Boris Johnson has decided to stand for Parliament again at next year’s elections. (more…)
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Merry Christmas from ‘The Steeple Times’
Wishing our readers a very Merry Christmas
As we all head home for the holidays, may we take this opportunity to wish you all a very Merry Christmas. We’ve had a busy year at The Steeple Times and below we highlight some of our favourite stories as a collage. (more…)
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Greed and envy
‘The Mirror’ is wrong to attack Boris Johnson’s speech to the Centre for Policy Studies
The Mirror is a left-wing paper so some would say their latest attack on Boris Johnson was inevitable, but this time they are utterly wrong. (more…)
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Picture of the week: Downing Street’s “shocker” parodied
David Cameron and Nick Clegg as Titanic stars and an analysis of the “sensational love affair” shocking Westminster
The talk of Westminster and Twitter is the Mail on Sunday’s story about the identity of a mystery pair who have been involved in a “sensational love affair” that has “potentially significant political implications” for David Cameron and his government.
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Silence please
Ken Livingstone should honour his promise
When Ken Livingstone lost for a second time to Boris Johnson May 2012, he announced “this will be my last election” and signaled that he might quietly disappear from frontline politics.
Sadly, he’s plainly reassessed the idea and today caused great offence with comments made on the Iranian television channel Press TV about the motives of the Boston bombers. (more…)
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David Reuben Jr: “What’s on your mantelpiece?”
The Steeple Times asks emerging market investor David Reuben Jr: “What’s on your mantelpiece?”
The Steeple Times shares “wit and wisdom”. What’s your guiding force?
I try to follow the “Golden Rule”. Treat others the way you would prefer that they treat you. Be careful how you are with people on your way up, you just might meet them on the way down.
“Don’t get even, get medieval” is, in our humble opinion, a great motto. What’s yours?
If at first you don’t succeed, skydiving is probably not for you.
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Far from a loser
Henrik Fisker: a man who creates automotive winners
Readers of The Steeple Times will know that we are big fans of the designs of Henrik Fisker and most especially his Fisker Karma – a car that has sadly not yet made it to Britain’s roads.
We very much hope that this superb automobile does arrive soon, but a newsletter we received this morning from Hexagon Classics reminded us that Fisker has been responsible for many other groundbreaking vehicles, amongst them the BMW Z8.
Automotive designer Henrik Fisker with a Fisker Karma 
Republican Mitt Romney during the first in a series of debates with President Barrack Obama Mr Fisker hit the news last week when the foolish Republican who desires to be President, Mitt Romney, made the following comment during his first debate with Barrack Obama:
“You put $90 billion, like 50 years’ worth of breaks, into solar and wind, to Solyndra and Fisker and Tester [we think he pulled a “Bushism” and meant Tesla] and Ener1… I mean, I had a friend who said you don’t just pick the winners and losers, you pick the losers, all right?”
Fisker Automotive’s spokesman, Roger Ormisher, rubbished this nonsense with the following riposte:
“We don’t consider ourselves a loser having sold 1,500 cars already, raised over $1.2 billion of private equity and are now expanding our export markets to GCC and China. We believe that is a quite an achievement for a small American business.”
Ormisher raises valid points and, in our humble opinion, Romney is wrong not to support this pioneering brand. Fisker is an innovative company that is now holding its own and setting the agenda in eco-friendly vehicles. That the especially pernickety Top Gear team love the Karma speaks volumes and frankly, this silly politician should just keep his oar out.
The Henrik Fisker designed BMW Z8 roadster offered by Hexagon Classics 
The car with the roof up 
The rather bold red and black interior 
Pierce Brosnan with a BMW Z8 in the 1999 James Bond film “The World Is Not Enough” Hexagon Classics offer a 2002 BMW Z8 5.0 litre roadster in titanium silver with a sports red and black Nappa hide interior at a price of £119,995. The car has only 9,013 miles on the clock and can achieve a top speed of 155mph.
The Z8 roadster was good enough for Pierce Brosnan in the 1999 James Bond film The World Is Not Enough and if you’re in the market for a roadster, this particular vehicle could definitely “give you the world.”
For more details and images of the 2000 BMW Z8 Roadster available through Hexagon Classics, go to: http://www.hexagonclassics.com/car_sales/BMW-Z8-Roadster-5.0-/6191.htm or contact Jonathan Kaiser on +44 (0) 20 7225 3388.
Read The Steeple Times article on the Fisker Karama at: http://thesteepletimes.com/opulence-splendour/is-it-worth-the-fisk
For more on Fisker Automotive, go to: http://onward.fiskerautomotive.com/en-us
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Picture of the Week: Going white for Linda
A white van man not afraid to bare his heart
After a mixed response to our last picture of the week, taken from the Mail Online and featuring a “whingeing Brit” pensioner named Pamela Burbery, today we have chosen a more positive image from the very same title.
This week’s image is of another typically British sight, a white van. “White Van Man – The scourge of the road” was a description van drivers were christened with in 1997 by Jonathan Leake, the then transport editor of The Sunday Times, who described them as “the most feared driver on the road.”
The white VW van left on a roundabout in County Durham White Van Man has never been considered a particularly sensitive chap but his image may have changed this week when the Mail Online featured an image of a VW van left on the George Reynolds Industrial Estate in County Durham decorated with the following:
Linda I’m sorry
I’m a fool and an idiot sometimes.
I love you with all my heart!
Please come home and put this right
We miss you!! I miss us.
I want to grow old with you.
Will you marry me?
Here is a White Van Man with a heart but even with their resources, the Mail Online did not manage to find out the identity of the driver prior to publication.
We very much hope Linda and her mystery man are reunited.
Read the original article from the Mail Online at: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2205538/Linda-Im-sorry–marry-Van-driver-parks-busy-roundabout-unusual-proposal-printed-vehicle.html