Don't do it!
It was a normal kind of day on South West trains. The first class carriage door being out of order, I had to hawk two heavy bags
Continue reading →Press F11 for doomsday
Klap hands, here comes Kadbury!
The acid test
Tart? Yes, I am!
I have an old French friend who has been telling me for years that my tongue is ‘a little too acidic’. Well, it turns out he’s
Continue reading →Ethical Compassion
Cheerful Haitians enjoying the fruits of capitalism before the earthquake.
I watch the CNN news from time to time. It’s instructive to see the Americans, if not as they
Continue reading →Butter wouldn’t Melt in a Socialist Mouth.
D’you know who really set his one off? Nah! I’m not going to
Continue reading →So much for solidarity then……
The Islamic Solidarity Games, due to be held in Iran in April, have been called off because of a dispute between Arab countries over what to call the Gulf….
The health denials that emanated from Downing Street throughout Autumn 2009 are now revealed in almost every detail as a tissue of cynical
Continue reading →No Sheep Please, We’re British.
In total, there are 4,309 animals and 147 different species within UK prisons – one for every 19 inmates.
Continue reading →Ecumenical Eugenics
thunders the Thunderer! Wow!
Uncharacteristically provocative journalism on the part of the staid, sober,
Continue reading →There’s no true grit in a chaotic standstill
Salt of the earth, apparently!
I’m intrigued by the thought of a chaotic standstill. I would’ve thought that chaos requires movement. There is a troupe called Circus of Chaos, and I
Continue reading →The super-seven meltdown questions nobody seems able to answer
Seven tough questions. No useful answers.
I’ve been consistently asking seven questions of the financial and political communities since the Spring of 2008. They are classic ‘dumb and dumber’ questions
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