Saturday Evening Posts Worth Reading.
Hyper-injunctions | The Secret Misery.
On Thursday afternoon, in a back room of Parliament, history was made. A few MPs found themselves a backbone; they found a way in which they could exercise their Freedom of Speech and perform their ancient duty,
Continue reading →Taijou
After the huge earthquake loads of foreigners are leaving Japan. Encouraged into panic mode by their respective governments telling them to leave because of the dangers of radiation poisoning.
When you have the
Continue reading →Two and Two makes Five.
And two wrongs make a right, and other examples of common sense turned upside down.
A quorum of hawks was assembled and all agreed that even though they couldn’t afford the bullets, the right and proper
Continue reading →Taxing times.
What is the date most closely identified with HM Revenue & Customs? Christmas Day? Boxing Day? Or perhaps April 6th – the start of the new tax year?
I would say April 6th, when new tax
Continue reading →When you’re Feeling Blue.
Bristol is desperately in need of a truly Libertarian spirit on its local council.
Back in 2008, the council decided that the self employed taxi drivers who ply their trade running tourists round the city were
Continue reading →Great Inventions of Our Time – Halogen Bulb Taker-Outer
We’ve all seen it; those kitchens where they’ve caved in to the idea of environmental friendliness by combining a half-arsed version of “but halogen bulbs are more earth-friendly than the ones that were banned” with “I
Continue reading →St Patrick’s Day
Whilst it’s still St Patrick’s day (only just and for those of you reading this on Friday why weren’t you up reading this during the night with the dozen other readers), I thought it would be
Continue reading →Who are you talking to?
One of the mysteries of blogging is ‘who are you actually addressing’? Who are the people responsible for the ‘hits’ on your site?
The only way I can write is to address Gloria and Saul –
Continue reading →Feck off Facebook!
Dear Mr Zuckerberg
“Thanks for your feedback. Over time, this information helps us deliver more relevant adverts to you.”
I don’t want relevant ads. In fact I don’t want ads at all. You’ve
Continue reading →Look Mum – no Health and Safety!
Lord Nanny
As a sign of how far the nanny state has encroached into the consciousness of the country it’s not just the general public who think that they should be told what to do by the state, it’s members
Continue reading →Exit to Eden
When it comes to The Deficit, I am a curious bird perhaps unknown to Mother Nature, a pragmatic hawk. I think serious cut backs had to be made or we would, later or more
Continue reading →Jumping the Shark on Red Nose Day.
Do you remember the Headington Shark? In the early hours one day in August 1986, it burst through the Bill Heine’s roof. Naturally, it had not planning permission. Nor had Oxford City council got
Continue reading →Joy’s enemies
I had the pleasure of making new friends this week. I dined with a wonderful couple introduced by an old friend and client. Their home was beautiful. Their hospitality was spectacular. I was nervous about meeting complete
Continue reading →The Price of Devastation.
We look at the devastation wrought on Japan and recoil in horror. So many lives lost, so many homes to be rebuilt, so much employment lost for ever.
An earthquake, followed by a Tsunami,
Continue reading →Indeed there is…..
British enterprise and adaptability at its finest. With regard to this morning’s post – we do have our own ‘minaret manufacturer’.
IJF Developments at Rishton, conveniently
Continue reading →Panem et circenses
Last November a ceremony took place in a field by the river Thames at Runnymede. It marked the beginning of five years of celebrations leading up to the 800th anniversary of a king signing a piece of parchment.
Continue reading →Doggone it!
Paul Hoskins was walking his usual route over Peter Broatch’s farmland, Eweleaze Farm, near Weymouth, with his five-month-old cross-breed dog Diva.
Nice of Mr Broatch to give access to his land, but then it is a
Continue reading →Lie Back and Think of Government.
The Government becomes ever more inventive in getting Nanny’s message across. Now beer mats and beer glasses are to display the calorie count – will they have a different glass for each beer? Fast food chains
Continue reading →The Best Comments of the Week.
Randy Hack on Taxing the Dead:
“They’d better not cremate me. The whole place will go up like a Molotov Cocktail!”
Livewire on Taxing the Dead:
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Quote of the Day.
“On the Yes campaign we have the Liberal Democrats, Labour party supporters, the Green Party, UKIP, Plaid Cymru, the SNP, Friends of the Earth, Colin Firth, Eddie Izzard and Helena Bonham Carter. On the
Continue reading →Yesterday’s headlines
Business As Usual
A quick round up of headlines for Saturday 12th March in wake of events in Japan
The Times: Waves of Destruction
Continue reading →Ruminations | Eschewing the ‘could’.
The 24 hour rolling news programmes have taken journalism out of the realm of reporting what has happened, into never ending speculation as to what ‘could’ happen.
There is not enough actually ‘happening’ in
Continue reading →Saturday Evening Posts Worth Reading.
PC Bloggs on Comment is Free, Popularity Priceless. Dr Sean Gabb puts a historical basis on whether Christians are being persecuted by the law. Continue reading →
Saturday Nostalgia
Life has a habit of not being fair. I find myself, in the depths of an economic recession, without a full-time job, not being able to find a full-time job, and trying to figure out if freelancing as a Mac
Continue reading →Lib-Dem got Tipsy and beat Pussy to death….
A Google search for Mike Dixon gives you a choice between a surgeon ‘in the largest breast unit’ in the United Kingdom, a professor of psychology in the USA, an Olympian sportsman or the former Liberal-Democrat parliamentary
Continue reading →Dog Bites Man – part 734.
What is a dog – other than something with four legs and a tail?
Either a pet or a working dog, yes?
If it’s a working dog, it’s got a job to do – finding
Continue reading →What Every Young Bride Should Know…
Back in 1970, an acquaintance of mine put an advert in the Daily Mirror. ‘What every young bride should know before marriage, full colour pictures, 230 pages of explicit step-by-step instructions, only £5.10s, sent in discreet plain
Continue reading →The price of the ‘f’ word.
Willy Stobbs, respected local farmer and county stalwart was alleged to have used the ‘f’ word twice. It cost him £85 and a conditional discharge.
Since you can now burn multiple poppies on Remembrance Day for
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