In Anna’s piece about the Reverse Dutch Steamboat (good job it wasn’t Reverse Dutch Steam Clean; that would hurt), she took a sideswipe at the proposal that shared private sewers and drains
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The Commons People
Living in the Land of the Commons People
I was trying to do some work this morning when the Home Affairs Select Committee started grilling the Plod who had been involved in the
Continue reading →Thanks Ricky for Saving us From Another Sad Tale
I saw Ricky Hatton in February while at the press conference for the Steve Foster jnr vs Ermano Fegatilli European title fight on behalf of boxing-articles.com. He looked healthier and happier than
Continue reading →Stony Stratford – The Final Ban
Many of you will have already heard about Stony Stratford and it’s recent claim to infamy by a local councillor. No, it’s not a cock and bull story. For those of you who haven’t here is
Continue reading →Blood Sucking Bureaucracy
I’ve got the hang of the local accent now; I rattle confidently through the questions with them as they laboriously write out the answers in triplicate. Nom, prénom flies out in the correct back to front order;
Continue reading →Prisencolinensinainciusol.
One of the time honoured methods of learning a new language is to buy a book you know well – written in your chosen new language. It used to be the bible – these days it is
Continue reading →I’m still in love with Gildas, Baby
Dear brothers and sisters,
As many of you may know, I have long considered that I am a SPECIAL friend of one of the occasional contributors to this blog, namely GILDAS THE MONK. However, I must confess
Continue reading →Reverse Dutch Steamboat.
There was a lengthy period of time, during which, thanks to the inimitable Thaddeus J Wilson, Ms Raccoon was the top search result for ‘Reverse Dutch Steamboat’. I have long since forgiven him.
Many and
Continue reading →Wirral First
Although libertarians are instinctively distrustful of any organisation seeking to make decisions that will affect their lives, it is obvious to most that all kinds of communal decisions do need to be made and the authority to make
Continue reading →“The Journey”
Tony Blair’s book “The Journey” was published last year. Don’t say you’ve forgotten.
There was quite a furore around his book signing appointments when two were cancelled because Mr Blair was feart
Continue reading →Running a company on socially progressive lines
What would happen to a company if it was run the same way a state is run on social progressive lines? A progressive state where equality actually leads to greater inequality; where fairness leads to unfairness; where justice
Continue reading →The fight is on…
David-Camerons-self-serving-attack-on-press-freedom – Telegraph.
The oligarch supporters of President Yeltsin discovered by accident how to get their drunken but reliably corrupt puppet re-elected, despite national embarrassment at his failings. In desperation, they bought the national TV stations, whose newsdesks
Continue reading →The Gynophobic Mail
Men, beware, one glance at this face could turn you into a helpless cypher, craving only to commit crimes in order to have the chance of a second glance…if she opens the door for you, that’s it,
Continue reading →Are We All War Criminals?
Following our current intervention in Libya, a polarised argument has developed between those who favour intervention by the major powers in local and intra-state conflicts and those who argue
Continue reading →Phone-Hacking, the Screws and Cigarette Counter Honesty
Everyone appears to be having their take on the phone-hacking saga, and with the last edition of the News of the World out on Sunday, it is a rare opportunity for all those who despise the Murdoch press
Continue reading →Hutton revisited
With the NOTW issue to the fore, the old “Independent Judicial Inquiry” bandwagon has been set rolling once again.
I heard Greg Dyke on the radio this week, and he was
Continue reading →The Best of British – A Challenge.
Mr G took the old crock out for a run in the French countryside this morning. He let me come along too.
We went to Beaumont du Périgord for breakfast, taking advantage of the French tradition
Continue reading →Orient for a Fiver – the Greatest Sports Documentary of All Time
The football documentary as a genre possesses the hit and miss record that one could also attribute to the autobiographies of players. Many such tombs fall down as works of literature because they fail to
Continue reading →Apocalypse N.O.W.
Tomorrow will be the last edition of the News of the World. It will become a collector’s item, trawled over for years by the conspiracy theorists looking for hidden messages, truths revealed, if you just take the
Continue reading →Reform required for the Court of Protection
If you were disabled, how much would you want to be protected? The thought occurred to me today whilst reading about the case of a disabled man living in care in one of the Court of Protection’s
Continue reading →The Empire Strikes Back
So, the News of the Screws has gone. No more will I learn of the indiscretions of “models” with C list “celebs” from Eastenders under its red top banner. The priapic exploits of
Continue reading →Sorry, but I definitely didn’t order the late night snack or the earthquake
I’ve never had to argue a hotel bill. I avoid the ridiculous phone call rates and use my mobile, unless it’s included I won’t use the internet for much the same reason, I steer clear of
Continue reading →Pick a date, any date
There are many dates to choose from: the date that someone authorized the first “phone hack”. The date the first hacking happened. The date that phone hacking first came to light.
I suspect that the
Continue reading →Sucking on a safe Fag.
Dr Leg-Iron, Dr Feelgood, or Saint Leg-Iron as I have taken to referring to him, has very kindly sent me a safe fag to suck on when I am confined to bed. Not
Continue reading →Password Problem or User Problem?
Anna was all over people being silly with their passwords yesterday, in the serious context of phone hacking at the News of the World.
But do you remember *this* episode?
Michael Lyons.
As a Quaker, I have mixed feelings about a man being forced to kill another man. It may be true that because I have mixed feeling about being forced to kill another human being, that I am
Continue reading →More Please!
Is it worth the waiting for?
If we live ’til eighty four
All we ever get is gru…el!
Ev’ry day we say our prayer –
Will they change the bill of fare?
Still we get the same old gru…el!
I think the tax
Continue reading →Spinning Millie.
Could there be a more emotive firecracker tossed into the flagellation that is the New of the World hacking scandal? A more despicable, heinous act than accessing ‘Murdered Millie’s’ phone messages? – for she is one of
Continue reading →I know your password
Odds are that I can guess your PIN in ten attempts.
It will be one of the following
- “1234” – I can’t be bothered to think about my password
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Johann Hari’s Recycled Huffington Post ‘Exclusives’
In journalism an Exclusive is defined as:
a piece of news, or the reporting of a piece of news, obtained by a
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