As many of you will have received your census form in the last few days, I thought it might be worthwhile giving you a guide into how to fill in the form.
Some
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Jingo Bells.
We don’t want to fight but by Jingo if we do
We’ve got the ships, we’ve got the men,
and we’ve got the money too;
The euphemisms are being run up the flag pole, and the international armchair
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Civic Shenanigans.
As most of this blog’s regular readers know the democratic process in this country is practically non-existent, and can only be described as a “faux-democracy”. The farce that is our democracy is evident at both
Continue reading →Balancing transparency with ‘secrecy’ in the Court of Protection
There probably aren’t many people who want to know what ‘goes on’ in the Court of Protection more than me; it’s what I spend much of my time trying to fathom. An outsider would be forgiven for
Continue reading →Taxing the Dead!
Liverpool Council’s Spring Sale of cremations is about to end – from the 1st April the price will increase by £156 – those council tenants who thought all their Christmas’s had come at once when they were
Continue reading →Mineral Oil causes Cancer
OMG! Mineral oils will give you cancer, you will have organ failures, your body contains this contaminant at levels 100 of times recommended guidelines. All this coming from a green product. Recycled cardboard used in packaging
Continue reading →Civic Shenanigans. — Updated —
As most of this blog’s regular readers know the democratic process in this country is practically non-existent, and can only be described as a “faux-democracy”. The farce that is our democracy is evident at both local and
Continue reading →Unintended Consequences
As I have mentioned in my previous article on the census, I don’t believe that there is much of a case for it to be used in
Continue reading →William Hague’s Diary
Dear Diary,
Friday night.
Back in my idyllic Yorkshire constituency! I’m up for a bit of romance so I decide to really splash out and treat Ffion to a slap up meal of
Continue reading →Premature Articulation – the Climax.
Complete Bollards and Cobbles.
Last year I wrote of the load of bollards appearing in Newcastle at a cost of £500,000 which they maintained was an anti-terrorist device recommended by M16. It turned out to be a government grant which
Continue reading →Pride and Prejudice in the Dales.
Pornography was once an art form to be enjoyed exclusively in your own home, in private, away from prying eyes. Victorian sensibilities ensured that.
These days Pornography, at least the so-called ‘soft’ pornography is on sale
Continue reading →Census lottery
The accuracy of the census has been called into question by various councils. This is because their budgets are calculated based on the figures from the census. They are worried that the census might not count
Continue reading →A Shaggy Corgii Tale…
Mr T, who came before Mr G, in my dyslexic litany of marriages, once offered to move a boiler for me so that I could squeeze another piece of kitchen equipment into the resulting space. The offer
Continue reading →Help needed. Any Techie Experts Out There?
I have a problem; being a Sunday, I have to solve it myself.
I have two linked computer screens.
A HYUNDAIIT X91D Digital on NVIDIA Geoforce 7050 PV/ NVIDIA nforce630a as my primary screen
Continue reading →Sister Eva’s Problem Page
All your problems solved with our straight talking no nonsense Sister of Mercy!
Dear Sister Eva,
I have been a serving officer in the Parachute Regiment for 8 years and
Continue reading →Saturday Evening Posts Worth Reading.
Journalists Do It Eloquently.
An object lesson in parting words as you fling open the door to that harsh, cruel world. Tantrumtastical.
Richard Peppiatt leaves the comforting embrace [Ed. Are you sure?] of employment with the Daily Star,
Continue reading →The Clash of Civilisations?
This week’s events in Libya have overshadowed the death of Shahbaz Bhatti in Pakistan.
Bhatti died in his car on Wednesday, cut down in a hail of bullets.
Bhatti was a Christian,
Continue reading →Fat Fatuities.
If you are of a sensitive, politically correct disposition, best you run away now and play Solitaire or something, this post is not for you. You’ll only get upset.
I want to talk about the deep
Continue reading →All Aboard the Good Ship Public Guardian…
Senior Civil Servants – you have to love ‘em don’t you? For months now they have been urged to find ways to save money in their departments. Some have responded by ‘cutting front line services’, others have
Continue reading →MPs in Lifts…
Fings Ain’t Wot They Used T’Be!
Those with long memories will remember the Grosvenor Square demonstration in 1968. I was walking down Oxford Street, window shopping at the time, an innocent enough occupation. Unfortunately, I had the misfortune to be accompanied by my
Continue reading →The Upside and Downside of the Big Society.
I always knew there was a very good reason why I had no ambition to be an employment lawyer. It meant grappling with the likes of The Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 or TUPE
Continue reading →Keeping abreast of legal matters.
Last week I reported on the curious case of the breast milk ice-cream on sale in London’s Covent Garden.
Ice-cream confectioner Matt O’Connor was confident his take on the “miracle of motherhood” and priced at
Continue reading →Useful idiots
“London School of Useful Idiots” 1
The best description yet of left wing intellectuals who might have lots of intelligence but no common sense, no reason and no morals. They are so keen on supporting
Continue reading →Peeking Behind the Curtain.
Mea Culpa! I have long been guilty of boring you all to a state of near death with my tales of the Court of Protection. There was method in my cruelty. I shall not make
Continue reading →This is the Mourning of the Age of……
Seven years after the death of Princess Diana sparked a national outpouring of grief in floral format, tightly bundled in the non-biodegradable ‘wrap’ that florists use, rather than true cellophane, the ‘future compost’ tributes were still being
Continue reading →Equality insurance
The European Court of Justice has just announced their decision on the case of whether insurers are allowed to take into account sex as one of the many risk factors they use in
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