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Monthly Archives: May 2016

‘Raccoon! A’home!’

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by Anna Raccoon on May 31, 2016

Yes. Well.

We slipped our moorings early Sunday morning. Our ropes were coiled, our fenders stowed. The decks had been scrubbed before dawn. There was probably a belay pin somewhere, who knows.

I’d

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‘Raccoon! Ahoy!’

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by Anna Raccoon on May 29, 2016

It is that time of the year again. The next scan is looming, Ms Raccoon is within touching distance (next Wednesday!) of her latest goal (to make it to 68!) and a suitable adventure had to

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Saturday Evening Posts Worth Reading.

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by Anna Raccoon on May 28, 2016

Mr ‘G’ Edition…

“That type of misjudgment is not to be expected of seasoned journalists and is bound to tarnish the program’s world-wide reputation for credible reportage”. The Australian hack

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Peak Guardian and sautéed Cephalopods.

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by Anna Raccoon on May 27, 2016

“No one who considers themselves interested in the inner lives of animals, the wonders and mysteries of the natural world, can eat cephalopods in good conscience.”

You’d probably have to be a Guardian reader

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In which Ms Raccoon performs a EU turn….

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by Anna Raccoon on May 24, 2016

So far, Ms Raccoon has ignored the siren calls begging her to join those in the deep and murky waters of the ‘Remain’ Lagoon of Complacency; she has equally turned a deaf ‘un to the anguished

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The Archer’s hitting the Feminist ‘G’ spot.

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by Anna Raccoon on May 23, 2016

“Switch off from Archers’ victim Helen and you’re no better than those who ignore domestic abuse in real life”

That is the damning opinion of Polly Neate, Chief Executive of ‘Women’s Aid.

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Pampering – or Tampering?

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by Anna Raccoon on May 20, 2016

Mr G was recently the unwilling recipient of the care given to witnesses appearing in court.

He was apparently an ‘essential prosecution witness’ – if he didn’t turn up, the case would be abandoned.

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Victims and Survivors.

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by Anna Raccoon on May 18, 2016

Falsehood flies, and the Truth comes limping after it; so that when Men come to be undeceiv’d, it is too late; the Jest is over, and the Tale has had its Effect…

It was 200 years

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Rural police left ‘sitting ducks’ by shortage of armed back-up.

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by Anna Raccoon on May 17, 2016

The Police Federation of England and Wales has warned the government the shortage of armed officers leave the country ‘vulnerable to a terror attack’.

John Apter, chairman of

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Phooey Pfizer!

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by Anna Raccoon on May 15, 2016

“Pfizer makes its products to enhance and save the lives of the patients we serve. Consistent with these values, Pfizer strongly objects to the use of its products as lethal injections for capital

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Saturday Evening Posts Worth Reading.

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by Anna Raccoon on May 14, 2016

Bears in Woods edition…

Alison Saunders lets the Police into a little secret as the CPS disappear under a pile of 267 files….

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‘Saint’ Nick and the Fantasist Club.

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by Anna Raccoon on May 13, 2016

Someone had a sense of humour at Operation Midland, when they psuedo-named their prime ‘witness’ as Nick.

I am indebted to Bob Woffinden, in his excellent book ‘The Nicholas Cases‘*, for alerting me

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Open Thread – National Limerick Day.

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by Anna Raccoon on May 12, 2016

This could be a day opportune, To bring you the news from ‘Raccoon’, She’s taken off for the pool, Which she does as a rule, On Thursdays she turns herself ‘prune’…  

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Operation Kaddie fiddlers on the hoof…

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by Anna Raccoon on May 11, 2016

Cliff Richard has waited 636 days to hear any substantive news regarding the allegations made against him. Almost two years. He now has to wait many months to hear whether the crown prosecution service think it

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Inharmonious Europe.

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by Anna Raccoon on May 9, 2016

It is scarcely surprising that Sweden takes the Eurovision Song Contest so mirthlessly seriously. 42 years ago, ABBA burst onto the stage with the politically incorrect reminder of past discord amongst European nations – ‘Waterloo’. A

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Saturday Evening Posts Worth Reading.

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by Anna Raccoon on May 7, 2016

The Sacred Androgen: The Transgender Debate. A long read – but well worth the effort, beautifully written – by Daniel Harris.

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Charity Scammers and ‘Cancer Cures’.

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by Anna Raccoon on May 6, 2016

I really wish I had saved all the e-mails I get telling me of the weird and wonderful ways in which I could rid myself of cancer if I was only to send the writer money

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Slater & Gordon – ‘Ouch’ edition.

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by Anna Raccoon on May 5, 2016

Last April, one of those little noticed tweeks to regulatory matters, brought in by the Government without publicity, was made to the rules surrounding court costs:

(1) Orders for costs made against the

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Fathoming Farron and Cooper.

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by Anna Raccoon on May 4, 2016

‘There is nothing wrong with people being afraid of something that’s dangerous,’ he observes. ‘This is dangerous world and you are better of with your friends and neighbours than you are against.

All that

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First School Kids’ Strike? Cobblers!

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by Anna Raccoon on May 3, 2016

“Thousands Support First School Kids’ Strike”.

Sky Headlines, 3rd May 2016.

Sky journalists really should go back to school. They are way behind with their history – as any teacher who

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Hogan-Howe: Cult Leader or Not in Control?

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by Anna Raccoon on May 2, 2016

Boris Johnson is a fan of Hogan-Howe. When Bernard Hogan-Howe said, in February 2016:

My […] proposal is for a clear public statement about our approach to victim testimony in these very sensitive cases. The

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