Remember Public Information films? They used to pop up on TV once every few months and, in terms of their ability to startle the viewer, fell
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Listen with Gordon.
There has been much mocking of the philosopher’s bourn that is Gordon Brown’s mind, yeah, even a suggestion that he long since lost control of it.
His new found Oprah Winfrey
Continue reading →The Hierarchy of Grief.
Grief top trumps is not an edifying sight. But somebody experiencing grief apparently demonstrates that they ‘understand’ your pain. It is therefore all the rage. I felt grief after David
Continue reading →Requiem for Corus.
A lone bugler played the The Last Post. Battle weary men of steel stiffled a gulp. The embers of the mighty furnaces died down.
It was the end of an era for Corus
Continue reading →No Wonder the Trains don’t Run on Time…
The oppressed workers of the capitalist lackeys at ScotRail, you know the exploited ones who should be in control of the entire shebang in order to democratise power in the hands…you don’t
Continue reading →Because sometimes …
It’s a curious thing, isn’t it? No matter how disjointed, incompetent or dysfunctional the judicial system becomes, there
Continue reading →Thought your MP was bad?
Council chiefs in England and Wales have refused to disclose the salaries of
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Brave New World
“The moral test of government is how it treats those who are in the dawn of life, the children; those who are in the twilight of life, the aged; and those in the shadows of
Continue reading →You may have already won!
Who Will Take the Drachma Out of a Crisis?
The Parable of the Lost Drachma – Domenico Feti.
Gordon Brown is willy-wobbling, reluctant to answer direct questions from David Cameron as to whether British Tax payers will be bearing
Continue reading →Robert Green
A frisson of excitement ran through the blogosphere late last night as news of Robert Green’s arrest in Aberdeen spread.
The facts as they first appeared seemed electrifying, a legal advisor prevented from going about his business by
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We can all rest soundly in our beds, Baroness Scotland has spoken:
The Attorney General, Baroness Scotland, was urged to refer the sentences to
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Global Warming Down Under…
Environmentalists were delighted that the Australian Government took Global Warming seriously and commenced a $2.5 Billion programme to insulate Australian homes against heat entry loss.
So far the
Continue reading →A Bride for Frankenstein?
“Our governments lack enough people with the fortitude to speak up without fear or favour. Over-regulation, increasing taxes and lack of true representation are affecting our way of life. I feel very
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Intolerant to other points of view
Intolerant. Aggressive. Wilful. A bully. It’s true that Rupert Murdoch is all of these, but was it really necessary for those chaps from the BNP to sling
Continue reading →Maybe it’s burqas I’m a ponderer…
Last week an Arab ambassador to Dubai had his marriage annulled because, under her demure Islamic clothing, his new bride turned out to be both bearded and boss-eyed. Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear.
Continue reading →Gordon-watch
Well, the big interview came and went. It was entirely bonkers from start
Continue reading →Disconnected from reality
Something that I’ve found over and over again when considering the arguments of “the left” is their incredible disconnection
Continue reading →Saul on Sunday
Portsmouth FC dodged a bullet in the High Court this week; they have stumbled from crisis to crisis and are now on their fourth owner so
Continue reading →Words fail me.
The Parlement of Foules.
What interest could a political web site have in St Valentine’s Day, you’re asking yourself. You are, aren’t you?
The saints that have been named Valentine have no connection to romantic love. The
Continue reading →Governments, eh?
South Carolina passed the Subversive Actvities Registration Act in 2009. This act requires every person who wants to or is a part of an
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Saturday Evening Posts Worth Reading.
Lunchtime Bonkers: The Solution costs more than the Problem
Figures show the start-up cost for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority will be £6.6m. Anyone who can add up will
Continue reading →Katie Price for Prime Minister
Intellectuals have long expressed concern about the media’s potential for diminishing the quality of our culture. We should be more concerned by the ability of a ‘sound bite’ to diminish the
Continue reading →KGB to Fumigate Parliament.
Has it really come to this?
It would appear so.
The House of commons has survived the blitz, floods, fires and bombs, but a visiting group of North African
Continue reading →Grave Robbing, Guarantees & Bailouts.
Three things caught my eye this morning, the rather large hole in British Telecoms Pension Pot, by some accounts £9Bn, more than its market capitalisation.
This is nothing new-
Mr
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Does my bomb look big in this?
Islamic scholars have issued a ‘fatwa’ – a religious ruling – that forbids Muslims from going through the new scanners at airports.
“It is a violation of
Continue reading →Shame on you Labour!
Thaddeus commented on his post regarding Dizaei – “I’m not sure how to say this without provoking a storm of comments about my innate racism” – which made me
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