I am thoroughly enjoying the outrage over the proposed increases in contributions to public sector pensions – they have a £4 billion shortfall to make up this year alone.
The term ‘ponzi scheme’
Continue reading →Tenner Tantrums.
Little Tommy Plonker
Yet another outraged Mum. Outraged, I tell you. Her son has been ‘made to shave his head’ by his school headmaster.
Did he have nits? Was this intended to stigmatise him? Is this
Continue reading →Just for Mr G.
Tolerance, Tarquin and Toenails.
Tolerance is in short supply these days. If something upsets us we expect ‘them’ to do something dramatic – forbid it, punish it, vanquish it, dissolve it, arrest it, ‘ASBO’ it, or shoot it. The
Continue reading →Taking the Benefit out of Banker’s Babe’s Mouths.
Who’d a thought that Ed Militant would turn out to be the silent champion of the new Tory policy?
As a man whose own household is well heeled, whose name is not on his child’s
Continue reading →Ninjutsu government
Ninjutsu (忍術?) sometimes used interchangeably with the term ninpō (忍法?) is the martial art, strategy,
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Nationalising ‘Compassion’
Being a Libertarian does tend to get you called a lot of very interesting names. Fascist, Right-Wing Nutter, selfish child hater being some of the kinder things that I have
Continue reading →The class of 2010.
One of the frequent complaints of the teaching profession is that they are trying to communicate with large classes comprised of pupils who have a wide variety of different languages as a first language.
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Great Expectations.
Inheriting ‘something’ from your parents as the norm is a modern phenomena for the middle classes. For those under the age of 30, the expectation is that the ‘something’ will be substantial. It may
Continue reading →Another one in the Eye
I’m afraid I feel the need to have another “go” at Private Eye, mainly because they never publish my letters. Apparently, if you provide structured, reasoned complaints about their editorial bias, these are deemed unworthy of Continue reading →
The Power of Words.
In 1940s Germany, the mere utterance of the word ‘Jew’ was sufficient to silence any calls for ‘due process’ or judgement by your peers – you had been denounced as Jew and even if
Continue reading →The No-fun party.
Malaysia’s conservative Islamic party will field only a candidate who does not smoke in an upcoming by-election as the party seeks to boost its Islamic image.
The Pan-Malaysia Islamic Party (PAS),
Continue reading →New Girl in Private Eye
Unfortunately, I cannot link to the article that has annoyed me so much, because it exists only in issue 1272 of Private Eye. The “New Boys and Girls” feature in Private Eye is a fairly Continue reading →
Watching you, watching me, not watching ‘them’…..
I watched the news last night in utter bewilderment as a Chief Constable wrung his hands and pleaded for forgiveness – for having installed 200 CCTV cameras in what was described as a ‘Muslim’ area.
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Guide to World Politics.
My SPECIAL FRIEND Gildas the Monk has been trying to raise what he calls my awareness of GEO POLITICAL ISSUES, but I seem to be more confused than ever. Have I got this right?
So,
Continue reading →A Polish nightmare.
In the grim league table of primal fears, there is one undoubted winner – losing your child. To do so in a foreign country when your language skills are not perfect, and you do not
Continue reading →The Quango Fandango
I thought we might take a little sliced and diced Quango for lunch today as we wait for Francis Maude to decide precisely which of the Quangos should go on his autumn bonfire.
One of those
Continue reading →OH BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU?
I met a Traveller from a Mancunian land,
Who said, “Two vast and union-less supported legs of stone
Stand in the desert. Near them, on the conference floor,
Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown,
And wrinkled
Simple Solution No.64
The Parish of Puttenham is palpitating with prurient paraunia. You don’t get many opportunities in life to write a sentence like that. I’m grabbing it whilst I still can.
The children at
Continue reading →The Brazil Nut.
Obo was remarkably cagey about revealing the new project he was involved in when he decided to give up blogging to concentrate on his new life.
We might have guessed
Continue reading →Mother’s Revenge?
Much has been made of Jamie’n’Jools Oliver’s choice of name for their new baby son (Buddy Bear) who joins Poppy Honey, Daisy Boo and Petal Blossom. It’s nice that all the little Oliver children have
Continue reading →Chutzpa!
The art of gamesmanship and how to give your opponent sleepless nights….
Phil Woolas and Elwyn Watkins are locked in mortal combat over the alleged corruption of Phil Woolas, the sitting MP,
Continue reading →The Time Warp
Leftness takes its toll
We’re astounded, voters fleeing
Leftness takes its toll
But listen closely, not for very much longer
I’ve got to produce thousands of tractors
The Carpetbagger returns home….
Sad news.
Nick Hogan, the publican jailed for allowing smoking on his premises, who was freed by the goodwill of the blogosphere, has just phoned me – with great difficulty.
He has suffered a
Continue reading →It should’ve been me, me, me…….
Brotherly Love – The Godfather style.
Brotherly love – Labour Borgata style.
Genesis Chapter 4 – King James Version – as slightly revised by Brother Gildas
Gen 4:1 And Ralph knew his wife Marion; and she conceived, and bare Abel Dave, and said, I have gotten a man from the LORD, I think. Though it has to be admitted it’s a
Continue reading →Sutton Journalist – “double standards”.
A provincial junior journalist writes of her local MP lambasting a national newspaper for ‘spreading lies’ – with a dead straight face.
A remarkable achievement for young Julia Kennard – the last time
Continue reading →Police Community Support Officers
If you define a police officer as someone who goes out in public wearing a uniform then a PCSO could be regarded as a police officer. However, it would also follow that bus drivers, nurses
Continue reading →Is This Legitimate ?
GEORGE VII REX ANGLORUM DEFENDER OF THE CONSTITUTION
Am I surely not the only person to be wondering what the Hell is going on
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