Monthly Archives: June 2009
Pharmageddon – ironing out eccentricities.
by Anna Raccoon on June 26, 2009 Another one bites the dust. One less eccentric to thrill and appal the world in equal measures as he dances across its stage. Michael Jackson RIP. Primitive societies knew what to do with … Continue reading →
Truth and Consequences.
Whilst the Punch and Judy show that PMQ’s has become was distracting the collosseum crowds upstairs, Mervyn King lobbed an Exocet into the basement of 10 Downing Street with surgical precision yesterday. There were more gems in this speech than … Continue reading →
“You picked a fine time to leave me, loose wheel………”
Sadistic pleasures on the Isle of Sodor.
We have scampered like feral brats across the Isle of Sodor, untrammelled by the rigid lines of regulation in the real world. The cyber landscape was utopia for the wild children of the sixties. The grown-ups had no idea what … Continue reading →
Bercow beckoned, and unbecoming Burkhas.
As the days are getting shorter, so it seems are the newsworthy men. John Bercow elevated to the Speaker’s chair, by tradition, not because he couldn’t reach it unaided, was not a popular choice with the unimpressed electorate, but then … Continue reading →
The Times…They are a-Changin’
The hypocritical actions of The Times this week, in publishing the identity of ‘Nightjack’ the police blogger, contrasts harshly with both the victory of Suzanne Breen in obtaining a court ruling that she need not reveal the identity of her … Continue reading →
To Trough is Human, to Steal Devine,
All Things Brown and Beautiful, All claimants large and small, All acts wise and wonderful, The Lord Brown made them all. The rich man in his castle, The poor man at his gate, He taxed them, high or lowly, And … Continue reading →