I must state at the outset that I have precious little time for Stonewall as an organisation, as they seem to relish “positive discrimination” and I find Peter Tatchell a brave but rather irritating cock.
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Yearly Archives: 2011
Immigrants…
Will it never end?
No wonder they flock to our shores. Two immigrants have been given a £275,000 house, and guaranteed £600,000 a year in benefits for ten years. Not only that, but they are being encouraged by the authorities to breed
Continue reading →The Enterprising Blogger.
This saga reminds me of the fabled Victorian melodrama ending ‘and with one mighty bound, Jack was free’. A tale of extraordinary determination and a desire to grab life by the scruff of its neck.
Imagine
Continue reading →Disingenuous Language.
Hand wringing Liberals are the undoubted masters in the use of disingenuous language.
First we had the ubiquitous ‘joy riding’ to describe theft of a motor car, the property of someone who had paid for it
Continue reading →Pension Raids.
Last Friday, the Portuguese Government quietly filched almost £5 Billion pounds from the pension fund of Portugal Telecom which was sitting in the vaults of four Portuguese Banks, and added them to the country’s assets in order
Continue reading →Friday Limerick Contest.
Brighton – where they invented camping, and the mince pies mince just so….
“Oh Daddy please buy me a tent”
“My humongous allowance is spent”
“There’s mammon to smash”
“And
Rejoice – the end is nigh!
The demonisation of the elderly continues.
Yesterday we were told that bed blocking ‘by elderly patients’ was costing the NHS ‘more than £500,000 per day’ without a shred of evidence that the bed blockers were
Continue reading →N30 strike in London
Anna Raccoon’s Special ‘Protest’ Correspondent files his on the spot report, with exclusive pictures…
A FAILURE – This is how I would describe my current attempt to stop smoking. Despite the help of my GP and the wonder
Continue reading →Time Honoured Traditions.
When the Spartans threw the envoy of a Persian King down a deep well, they set in train a desire to protect envoys from malicious harm that has resulted in the present system of ‘diplomatic immunity’.
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That went well didn’t it?
Can we have another public sector strike soon? Next week maybe?
Travellers at Heathrow airport were delighted, racing through passport control manned by ‘scabs’ who only took two days to be trained to perform this arduous
Continue reading →A Slice of Pond Life.
I heard news of my (thankfully, very thankfully) ex-brother in law this afternoon. The youngest of the clan.
He was 19 when I first knew him. 4 years younger than me. A gilded youth with long
Continue reading →Public Sector Perks.
The Devil is always in the detail.
Time was when the only civil service ‘perk’ was the tea trolley merrily clanging its way along the corridors of power; they have become much more sophisticated at accruing
Continue reading →Parish Notice
Apologies for the last week, folks. I have had the week from Hell!
My computer welcomed me back from my last stay in Hospital by rolling on its
Continue reading →Rewarding failure
Once again, I see people fulminating about “top execs” being “rewarded for failure”.
As someone who has had some exposure to the processes behind executive compensation in
Continue reading →Taxpayer Can You Spare A Dime?
In some situations I’ve always reckoned it’s better to leave your emotions at home; it’s more difficult to deal with somebody who’s seething with rage or deliriously happy (which can
Continue reading →It’s my Party and I’ll fund if I want to…
Not if Christopher Kelly has his way!
”If the public want to take big money out of politics, as our research demonstrates they do, they also have to face up to the reality
Continue reading →This is the Winter of our Discount Tents.
I wonder what Julia Reynolds thinks as she reads the daily papers, sated with pictures of the tented ‘99%’ busily focussing media attention on the in tents debate regarding corporate greed and those companies that form the
Continue reading →Mincing on a Pin Head.
The New Statesman is quite clear on the subject – you do not have the “right” to discriminate, such a right does not exist.
I would have been quite happy arguing with the headline alone,
Continue reading →Dog obedience class…
You don’t have to shout to be obeyed……..
Just to amuse you.
Knocking the Weegie Bored.
The meeja love superlatives – watch them climb aboard the latest nonsensical press release from Stuart Hughes, see them gather like bluebottles round @occupylsx ‘10,000 protestors’ (only you can see them, Jeff) – I
Continue reading →Honey! I Shrunk the Tumour!
Wow! I scarcely believe it. ‘Tis true though. I’ve got there – and I’m still here!
Four months ago I said I wouldn’t comment on the subject ‘til further notice’, I didn’t want to turn this
Continue reading →Inflation/deflation conundrum
I would be most interested to hear the views of the readers of this blog on whether our future is one of shattering inflation or indeed price deflation.
First let me say, I
Continue reading →Polymathematics
I’ve always enjoyed the links between maths, physics and music, even though I stopped at Grade 4 Trumpet and have been strictly a ‘chorus’ member. This is a brilliant video
Continue reading →Open Thread!
The staff are busy again behind the scenes doing stuff which means that we can’t serve you at the bar. Help yourself to the drinks, but please leave some cash on the
Continue reading →Independent of History
The Independent, being a clever newspaper for intelligent, liberal, thinking people – the kind who check things out before reacting – has a section on it’s website recommending the ‘most
Continue reading →If at first you don’t succeed, try and try again…
“IF AT FIRST YOU DON’T SUCCEED, TRY, TRY AGAIN. Don’t give up too easily; persistence pays off in the end.” by Thomas H. Palmer in the ’Teacher’s Manual’.
If you really
Continue reading →Requiem for Tommy.
Then it’s Tommy this, an’ Tommy that, an’ “Tommy, ‘ow’s yer soul?”
But it’s “Thin red line of ‘eroes” when the drums begin to roll …..
Who Are You Tommy? Or rather, who were You?
His and her’s diary
Her Diary:
Tonight, I thought my husband was acting weird.
We had made plans to meet at a nice restaurant for dinner.
Continue reading →Occupy Fashion #occupylsx
Occupy Fashion, New York Style (Source)
… and in London:
Not Blowin’ in the Wind
How many facts must a minister ignore,
before his costly dreams are all canned?
How many zillions must tax-payer pay,
before he gives up his stupid plans?
How