Such was the slaughter on the Western Front in the First World War I have no doubt that Continue reading → Sic Transit Gloria
Such was the slaughter on the Western Front in the First World War I have no doubt that Continue reading → ++Exclusive++Mug of the Year++Exclusive++
A boxed and certificated mug dating to 2010 exclusively available from the Raccoon shopping centre.
Features a background of the Houses of Parliament in Asian sepia overlaid with a commemorative portrait in full colour of
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Gentlefolk, The Chap Magazine, in association with Bourne & Hollingsworth, puts its bestbrogue forward to stage the year’s most dapper shindig. This “night of a
thousand waistcoats” will give followers of Continue reading →
Are We Nearly Scared Yet ?
Tonight’s documentary Britain’s Trillion Pound Horror Story was a real eye opener. I knew most of the economic points it made in advance, but having them laid out so simply and Continue reading → HSBC – Love ‘em or Leave ‘em?
The telephone disturbed the afternoon peace a few minutes ago. The line echoed in the manner of a Skype call; I had answered in French naturally, and the caller sounded hesitant.
‘Ms Raccoon’ said
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In a forest in Northern France lies the little town of Compiègne. There you will find an exact replica of the historic railway carriage where Foch and Erzberger signed the agreement which ended the terrible
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From reading AdvertisingBollocks I had a little perusal of the ASA FAQs to see why they would be so perverse as to make a decision to ban an advert shown mistakenly at a ungoddly hour of the morning
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From Jack of Kent comes news that a petition is being drawn up to reform the libel laws.
English libel laws are some of the most unfair in the world. Unfair to writers and bloggers who are unable to freely express
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Kalahari bushmen spend about a day gathering ten days of food by hunting and gathering, they then do what Kalahari bushmen do for the next nine days, which is pretty much what they Continue reading → Not Another ‘Stop Police , Bastards’ Fly On The Wall
Yesterday evening a new ‘fly on the wall’ documentary started on TV called ‘Coppers’, as an expose of the work of the Police it was very effective as various twitter comments started pouring in in support
Continue reading →Blogito, ergo sum.
It has been a month to forget, or should have been, were it not for the many individuals who offered unexpected advice
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Well His Name Is Not Jim Hamza Is It
I put my ‘ illegal’ pipe of tobacco down in disbelief that this bloke has been allowed to keep a British passport this morning. In all of my seventy nine years I Continue reading → The British Free State
All members of the Libertarian Party have received the following circular this morning Why I believe that the Party needs to campaign for a Swiss style Constitution. 1. Power is concentrated Continue reading → Management buzzword bingo
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Why Are We Relying On The French For Defence
President of the Republic reviews the new Anglo-French rapid reaction force, Brits to the left, French to the Right This is not to to go well on past performance irrespective of the fact that we Continue reading → Tweet Storm- Gary McKinnon November 5th
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Now that we have a supposedly pro civil liberties inclined government in power it will be interesting to see whether they keep to all their promises regarding Gary McKinnon and his extradition to the USA
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