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Monthly Archives: November 2015

The Thin Blue Line

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by Petunia Winegum on November 30, 2015

Politics, it is true, attracts certain ‘types’, often in stereo. On the left, there is the social crusader whose guilt at his comfortable middle-class upbringing is manifested as doing the right thing by those who didn’t share

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A New Broom

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by Petunia Winegum on November 28, 2015

I was all for packing my bags and hitching out of town when the final missive from the previous premises was delivered. I anticipated a few fond farewells, but I always imagined my predecessor had a monopoly

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Historic Allegations of a ‘Liverpool Kiss’.

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by Anna Raccoon on November 28, 2015

Bring out your grievances! Bring out your grievances! Let the charges ring out!

It’s that time of year; the normally scattered family is gathered round the festive table, the Sherry bottle’s empty, Grandad’s fallen asleep, Mum has

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Truth is the first casualty.

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by Anna Raccoon on November 20, 2015

As the media gird their loins for days and weeks worth of satisfying bleeding, crying, heart-rending front pages, one question stands out ‘How could young men become so radicalised that they turn into suicide bombers’.

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Truth is the first casualty.

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by Anna Raccoon on November 15, 2015

As the media gird their loins for days and weeks worth of satisfying bleeding, crying, heart-rending front pages, one question stands out ‘How could young men become so radicalised that they turn into

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The Cambridge Companion to the Qur’an…

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by Anna Raccoon on November 14, 2015

Ms Raccoon has had her nose in this book all week-end. As with the bible, one can play pick n’ mix’ to one’s heart content. I hadn’t quite appreciated why it was

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Friday 13th – Lucky for some!

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by Anna Raccoon on November 1, 2015 Wow! Just wow! Ms Raccoon has just returned from the hospital. Ten months ago they thought I had ‘two months at best’ – at that point you are formally designated ‘terminally ill’; that … Continue reading →

Camila Batmanghelidjh – More revelations.

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by Anna Raccoon on November 11, 2015

In case you haven’t seen it – what follows is the written evidence of a Kid’s Company employee that was submitted to the House of Commons Public Administration Committee. It is quite devastating

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Trigger Mortis.

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by Anna Raccoon on November 10, 2015

One of the most chilling images in Orwell’s dystopian Oceania was the army of young ‘Spies’; the children who struck terror into adult hearts by threatening to expose any deviation from approved behaviour.

‘You’re a traitor!’

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Is that a Gun in your pocket?

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by Anna Raccoon on November 8, 2015

Or are you still ‘transitioning’ Officer? – As Ms West might have been forced to inquire these days.

An armed MoD police officer making the delicate transition from male to female,

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The Existentialist Mr ‘Blacker Does Not Exist’

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by Anna Raccoon on November 5, 2015

However – he did grandly announce that he did not exist, from his position of principled non-existence. Jean-Paul Sartre would have been proud of him.

If nobody is around to hear

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Polio Braggadocio.

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by Anna Raccoon on November 3, 2015

Tell me, do you hesitate to pick up a beautiful feather, discarded by an escaping pheasant? Do you hear your Mother’s voice as you bend down to touch it? I can tell your age by your answer.

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The Divine Ms Raccoon’s Annual Beanfeast….

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by Anna Raccoon on November 2, 2015

I said we’d organise something, so here’s a very important date to put in your diaries – 19th November 2015. Previous get togethers have been in London, generally organised round Old Holborn’s annual Guy Fawkes

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Polio Braggadocio.

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by Anna Raccoon on November 1, 2015

Tell me, do you hesitate to pick up a beautiful feather, discarded by an escaping pheasant? Do you hear your Mother’s voice as you bend down to touch it? I can tell your

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One of Life’s Characters.

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by Anna Raccoon on November 1, 2015

There’s many a man of the Cameron clan That has followed his chief to the field
He has sworn to support him or die by his side For a Cameron never can

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