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Monthly Archives: October 2016

IICSA in Wonderland.

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by Anna Raccoon on October 19, 2016

Truly, the Home Affairs Select Committee meeting on the 18th October was a wondrous affair.

There sat the latest incumbent of the poisoned chalice chair of IICSA, Alexis Jay, blinking wildly in the unaccustomed

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Parish Newsletter of St Raccoon’s with Bleeding Heart.

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by Anna Raccoon on October 18, 2016

A warm welcome to the newest members of our congregation, Ali Mustapha-anuvver and his husband Ali Mustapha-anuvver-relative-somewhere. May they live in peace amongst us, and instil us with the wisdom of their ancient ways.

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Between Iraq and a hard place.

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by Anna Raccoon on October 17, 2016

Grown men don’t cry.

They did. That day. 50 years ago.

Those who were born or reached maturity after 1966 will not understand the world of that time; no mobile phones, no

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On Yer Ched, Evans!

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by Anna Raccoon on October 15, 2016

The partisan reporting from all aspects of the media this morning, has resulted in headlines such as ‘Fury of women’s groups as footballer is cleared in retrial’. Football forums have disappeared under a deluge of derogatory comments

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Marmageddon.

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by Anna Raccoon on October 14, 2016

Marmgate is over. The threat to the British nation posed by one web site, belonging to one supermarket, no longer offering to deliver a jar of Marmite that very day, has been lifted. Never in the

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Mad Dogs and Englishmen.

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by Anna Raccoon on October 13, 2016

I bring you an utterly bizarre case from across the pond to exercise your brain today.

Just outside Windham, south west of Bangor in the state of Maine lived a man called ‘Skip’

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The Clown Prosecution Service.

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by Anna Raccoon on October 12, 2016

This is 18 year old Connor Jones wearing his Halloween outfit.

It is unlikely to be a custom made outfit, which means that somewhere a manufacturer has made several such outfits

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National Treasure – a national pleasure.

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by Anna Raccoon on October 12, 2016

‘National Treasure’ was a triumph.

Superb acting, though one would expect nothing less from Julie Walters and Robbie Coltrane; an impeccable script from Jack Thorne, if there is such a thing as thespian justice

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Watch the Coppers, and the Pounds will roll in…

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by Anna Raccoon on October 10, 2016

Ms Raccoon was distracted this morning by a fascinating portal called ‘Bluelight.eu-supply.com‘. Doesn’t sound that riveting? For a Raccoon who loves scavenging through official documents it was manna from heaven! A Raccoon could, and did,

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Governed by Consent.

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by Anna Raccoon on October 9, 2016

In 1931, there were just 168,000 Britons living in India (including 60,000 in the army and police and 4,000 in civil government) – to run a country approaching 300 million people. In earlier times,

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Vernon’s last wishes.

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by Anna Raccoon on October 8, 2016

Vernon was probably about 70 when I first met him. A taciturn, socially awkward creature who found it difficult to meet your eyes. He would stumble into the tea room – he never seemed

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Penurial appropriation.

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by Anna Raccoon on October 6, 2016

Penurial – newly formed adjective; pertaining to the state of penury.

synonyms: poor, as poor as a church mouse, poverty-stricken, destitute, necessitous, in penury, impecunious, impoverished, indigent, needy, in need/want, badly off, in reduced circumstances,in straitened circumstances, hard up,

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When Louis laid down his friend for his career…

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by Anna Raccoon on October 4, 2016

The late 90s were a time of geopolitical turbulence; the Berlin Wall had crumbled, then the Soviet Union. Nelson Mandela, so long the name of south London tower blocks, became reality as he walked out of Victor Verster

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When Irish eyes should be sleeping…

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by Anna Raccoon on October 1, 2016

Does the insistent buzzing of an alarm clock wake you in the morning? Depending on when you went to sleep, what day of the week it is, or how well you have slept, the chances are

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