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
When Irish eyes should be sleeping…
The Inquiry Hokey-Cokey.
£20 million down, £80 million to get through, Alexis Jay’s ‘loyal staff’ audition for the role of legal advisor…
You put your left boot in
You take your left boot out
You
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MacKenzie Frenzy.
They are multiplying like rabbits; private companies – ‘The Society of Professional McKenzie Friends Ltd‘ offer a directory of ‘self regulated’
Continue reading →Post-modern deconstructive macro-impregnation and other dilemmas.
Those manicured young things sinking outsize glasses of Chardonnay in their Marie-Claire recommended Jason Wu dresses and improbable heels may look as though they are just updating their Facebook page to ‘available’ after Brad lost his
Saturday Evening Posts Worth Reading.
A sobering investigation on the effects of a variation of ‘joint enterprise’ for Mothers of children abused by their Fathers.
A male Tory minister for Domestic Abuse accused of beating his wife
Continue reading →Perchance to dream?
Put up with it folks – Ms Raccoon is in whimsical mood, having just enjoyed a romantic trip down a moonlit river to a tiny village with a handily placed Chinese take-away, and the world’s best
Eternal Punishment.
The waiting room was empty except for G and I. He came in and sat down quietly, and never took his eyes off his shoes. A young man, perhaps 35 or so, of African descent I
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Ms Raccoon would like apologies for her absence to be noted in the minutes.
I wasn’t in any fit state to deal with the bickering, carping, mud hurling, whinging e-mails, or bad tempered tweeting,
Continue reading →Exclusive – Lynne Owens, Surrey Police, and the ‘Arrest First Policy’ – Pt 294.
I was keen to know how Lynne Owens’ policy in respect of alleged sex offenders was actually reflected in the crime figures for Surrey.
This is a follow-up post to my various posts on
Continue reading →Compensating Issues.
The judicial behemoth steaming through the shallows of historic sexual allegations – currently with a social worker at the helm, but it is only Monday – is in uncharted waters.
The treacherous rocks of
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The Fascism of Political Correctness strikes again!
Dave Thompson, chief constable of West Midlands police, has decided that there are ‘no barriers’ to a woman police officer deciding to wear the niqab – the
Continue reading →Wrongful Allegations…
I can happily read books until my eyes bleed. I love to learn. I particularly love books that can teach me something new, cause me to stop reading, stare into the middle distance – and perhaps
The Percy Principle.
The Percy Principle.
“In the NHS, every failing CEO tends to move sideways to a non-existent role of no consequence but with a similar pay grade.”
Katrina Percy is a huge fan of fresh faced young men
Continue reading →Exclusive – ‘Lol’ Goddard and the ‘Back Door’ fans…
Dame Lowell Goddard now claims that far from ‘running away to her bach’ her resignation was an honourable protest against a child abuse inquiry that was, in Kiwi slang, well and truly munted.
She has
Continue reading →Homo Affairs Select Committee
I really don’t like Keith Vaz.
I don’t like his posturing, his jumping on every available bandwagon, his readiness to ruin the reputation of others and the glee with which he does it.
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Trollie and I…
Ms Raccoon hasn’t had much of an appetite, the past few weeks, for trawling round her usual rubbish dumps. As you probably realised, I’ve been none too well. Hence I had an appointment for an extra
Slater & Gordon ‘Bleeding Cash’ – Part 864.
Dee Cole, poster girl for Slater & Gordon, got her caravan on the south coast to gave her ‘closure’ and help her forget the time she was, er, raped by Savile in a caravan on the south coast….if only
Continue reading →Eurovision, Tunnel Vision, and other visions.
Normally, Ms Raccoon stays as far away from the European Broadcasting Union
Continue reading →Credible Witnesses, Navel Battles, & Hypocritical Whingers.
Credible Witnesses.
The ever gullible Surrey Police seem to have reversed their much publicised ‘arrest first, investigate later’ policy; this time they investigated – then arrested their ‘credible witness’.
It was
Continue reading →#Spingate hits the buffers.
What is it with Labour? They are incapable of finding a spinmeister who can keep all his tales in the air.
Andy Coulson, for all his faults, would never have let Cameron be caught
Continue reading →The Bleaching Bishop.
I seem to be having a ‘bishopfest’ this month. There are a lot of these Bishops around – due in no small measure to the propensity of ‘The One Holy True Original Church’ to ordain anyone who makes
Hex in the City.
Ms Raccoon is temporarily indisposed again, so I offer you this Youtube item which is currently trending in the US.
I thought it should be part of
Exclusive – Stephen Hamilton
There is a worrying shuffling of feet and staring into the middle distance in Academia. It is understandable – there is not much point in sticking your neck out so far that you end up with
Saturday Evening Posts Worth Reading.
An old favourite – Dioclese – with an excellent review of a programme that had me in stitches! Interesting ‘backstory’ to the Burkini on the Beach saga. David Thompson picks up on
Foot Loose and Fancy Free in the Park.
Ms Raccoon still has her head firmly embedded in another case and it has become obvious that it won’t be ready for publication today – so here is a little light relief to keep you amused
Seitanic Travesties and Vegan ‘R’ Soles, Bovine Cheating and the Eyes have it.
Yet again, the latest example of the manipulation of our judicial system lies languishing in my ‘to do’ folder; and Ms Raccoon has found three more titbits of absolute nonsense in order to distract herself from the hard
Continue reading →Potpourri – No.17
Morphine seems to have stunned everything north of the neck as well as its required task, and I can’t keep my mind on any one subject. So have several different ones, and I’ll see you tomorrow.
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Exclusive Update:Lynne Owens and Surrey Police – Pt 264.
It has been a long time in gestation. It was back in February when I discovered a dropbox belonging to one Kevin Hurley, then Police and Crime Commissioner for Surrey. Mr Hurley, at that time,
A floundering leader I…
A floundering leader I — A thing of i-sol-ation, Of ballots, songs and banners, And dreary Labour lies! My manifesto’s long, Through every passion ranging, And to your votes Continue reading →
PopinJays.
Popinjay n. a person given to vain, pretentious displays and empty chatter.
Professor Alexis Jay has fallen victim to the popinjays ‘having a pop’ within a day of being appointed to take an exhilarating