Flippin’ ‘Eck and his chums are working their way through the world choosing Countries for Scotland to aspire to imitate.
As the selected paragons fall over one by one, ‘Eck
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Ms Raccoon pontificates….
The supremacy of the Church over magic and superstition demanded that it should take over their functions ‘Everything that can be naturally done is done by God’ a 12th century
Continue reading →‘I will survive’…in the worst possible taste.
Libel, Slander, Calumny and Vilification
British Pensioners and the Scottish Referendum.
HM Government’s view of British Pensioners in mid-winter Aberdeen?
The argument is that the economic, social and political policies which can and would be pursued by an independent Scotland
Continue reading →At the going down and rising of The Sun
The police have been rounding up and shooting journalists from “The Sun”. Actually that is a lie. But they have been hauled in en masse by the Boys and Girls in Blue, and generally grilled (about
Continue reading →A policeman’s lot is not a rhyming one…
Or writing up his pension plan
His capacity for spouting doggerel
Should be just as good as any other man
His desire to rest he must smother
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Keeping all options on the table
As you know, Dr. Ahmadinejad
The pleas of the anti-war majority in the West, here
Have consistently fallen on deaf ears
“Why bring war when Iran is asking for peace?” we pry
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Pedestrianise the Olympic Zil Lanes
The gents and ladies from the Olympic 5 Ring Circus have been kind enough to force our Government to pass laws to allow the 80,000 members of the Olympic ”family’
Continue reading →Overheard: a medical ethics expert
On a train to Watford (at about Bushey) I overheard a conversation between an older grey haired gentleman and his female junior as they caught up on the issues of
Continue reading →Reasons to be Chairful
For 4 years I worked in High Wycombe, the one-time capital of the world chair industry, due to Buckinghamshire beechwoods and skilled craftsmen.
In Gloucester they roll cheeses down
Continue reading →Capitalism is Fixing It. Slowly.
We’re in the middle of a small orgy of kneejerk (or jerk-kneeing, if you prefer) bashing of bankers with self-inflated banker-bonkers, and not a few people trying to keep the
Continue reading →Time for Republic Bye Byes?
The oldest human being recorded in modern times was Jeanne Louise Calment, who lived from 21 February 1875 – 4 August 1997.
During
Continue reading →Occupy London, Summarised
Brilliant. The best art is serendipitous. via @VorianK
occupy london, occupylsx, occupy st pauls
Occupy Affordable Houses. Again?
Sigh. Here we go again.
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News of the World Disinterred
Is there any reputation so putrid, so tarnished, that it cannot be further damaged? Gordon Brown excepted, I suspect not.
A boulder has been pushed away from the cave into which the poor old News of
Continue reading →A little local difficulty for Christianity?
“Christianity on the rack as Judge bans public prayer” screamed the headline in The Times on Saturday. This in the light of the decision of Mr Justice Ouseley in
Continue reading →Reinventing the Wheel.
The
Continue reading →Keep on Smoking.
It’s official. There is a peril more likely to carry you off to your maker in the wee small hours of the morn than smoking. It must be so, the
Continue reading →On The Fall Of Fabio Capello.
Guardian Datablog Ooops: Windfarms in the UK
Brilliant data journalism from Simon Rogers at the Guardian Datablog:
Every windfarm mapped – and the MPs who hate them
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Hic Sunt Dracones
Ms Raccoon has undertaken a perilous and mind altering journey on your behalf. Not quite LSD, more LSE, but the effects are akin. I
Continue reading →The Compensation Culture and the NHS.
“Claims for clinical negligence outstanding at
Continue reading →Global Warming and British Pensioners.
Roncesvalles, Spain, Thursday Feb. 2, 2012
Now that global warming has covered the whole of Europe in a thick blanket of snow,
Continue reading →Exclusive: BBC incites offences under the Protection of Children Act?
Delicious!
I have taken the precaution of some screen shots, perchance the BBC should realise what they have done before you read this.
It all started
Continue reading →Too Stupid for Sex – Episode 2.
Mention the name Enoch Powell, and within minutes someone will reference his ‘Rivers of Blood’ speech. Arguably, and sadly, that speech did nothing to change the marching speed of the progressives.
It was not the
Continue reading →Something for the Week-end, Sir?
Nothing divides the Serfs from the Masters so much as whether your working ‘week’ includes Saturday and Sunday or not.
In the Hospitality Industry, expecting a day off
Continue reading →Bankers, bonuses, bandwagons, the crisis of capital and the failure of government
Stripping Fred the Shred of his honour and vilifying Stephen Hester shows politicians at their most irrelevant.
An effective banking system is essential for a
Continue reading →Huhne Dun It? A Liberal Judge Sums up in the Trial of a Liberal Politician.
Mistakes are high
If insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results
Then calamity is clearly what these guys are all about
It doesn’t make you a Luddite to