Nothing is sacrosanct on Twitter, no detail of intimate life too delicate to explore; except death. There is no #death hashtag. It has to be masked – #dyingmatters.
No surprises in the etymology – the word
Continue reading →Death of the Last Taboo.
The Game of Clones.
The American arm of the ‘League for the Revolutionary Party’ describe themselves as ‘revolutionary optimists’. ‘Optimists’ is an understatement, they are lonely Bolsheviks at sea in an ocean of avowed capitalists. They publish a magazine called ‘ Continue reading →
The bitter legacy of the Western Ukraine.
Amid the hysterical counter claims from the ‘interim government’ in Kiev supported by $5bn dollars of American money which chased the duly democratically elected government out of town and now condemns as ‘criminal’ the people of Eastern Ukraine holding
Continue reading →Paedo-Ring-a-Roses.
The Sunday Express has disinterred Mike Hames this morning – the ex-head of the old ‘Obscene Publication Squad’ before it became the keyword friendly and up-to-the-minute ‘Paedophile Information Section’.
They brought him out of retirement to
Continue reading →Grayling Spawns Again – more Cod.
The Criminal Justice Bill has attracted a lot of attention – not least because of the provisions to
Continue reading →The Travelling Man.
Time was when the travelling folk from Romania, in their colourful horse-drawn vehicles, would ask a local farmer for permission to stop for a few days, and to feed and water their horse. They might even sell him
Continue reading →The Lost Boy.
Jason Patric is an actor, a good looking and personable young man, best known for starring in ‘The Lost Boys’. He is currently unemployed, totally consumed by a search for his own ‘Lost Boy’ – young Gus.
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Freddie Starr – Charging decisions
The Crown Prosecution Service has decided that Freddie Starr should not be prosecuted for any offence.
Baljit Ubhey, the Chief Crown Prosecutor of CPS London, said:
“Having carefully
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Quality v. Quantity. The NHS Debate.
Professor Karol Sikora has thrown a starving cat into the pigeon loft of irrational debate on the NHS. Feathers are flying.
Professor Sikora, a noted cancer specialist, has advocated ‘rationing’ as a cure for the NHS’s
Continue reading →Farage from the Madding Crowd.
All I remember from Far from the Madding Crowd was that Gabriel’s sheep were driven like lemmings to hurl themselves off a cliff – never to be heard from again. Nigel Farage has no intention of watching his flock
Continue reading →Saturday Evening Posts Worth Reading.
A disturbing post from Rabbitaway – who knew? The Court of Protection moves on from deciding who you can have sex with – to who you can talk to! Dioclese on nursery rhymes. Continue reading →
Exclusive – The Origins of Savilisation – Part Four.
Once the older girls had moved onto Norman Lodge, and Susan was back in her dormitory, she wrote to Savile – a ‘come back all is forgiven’ letter in her words, there no longer seemed any reason why
Continue reading →Exclusive – The Origins of Savilisation – Part Three.
Another afternoon, and the boredom of Duncroft was relieved by a coach turning up (Wot! Still no Rolls Royce? You’ll never get the media to publish this!) – a rather special coach with tables between pairs of facing
Continue reading →Exclusive – The Origins of Savilisation – Part Two.
When Susan returned to Duncroft, she gave the records to Ms Jones, the head mistress. She found herself closely questioned about this meeting with a celebrity from the music business – she had, after all, had some previous
Continue reading →Exclusive – The Origins of Savilisation – Part One
There it is. Evendon’s Lane, Wokingham. ‘X’ marks the spot. I have finally nailed down the origins of the ‘Savile was a monster’ legend – the greatest media hype this century.
Today
Continue reading →Exposure: Once Upon a Time (Spoof)
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The ‘Yewtree’ Victims.
They look so young and innocent, such sombre faces.
They were groomed
Josie Cunningham – The Abortion Debate.
‘Kingbingo’, a committed Libertarian, writes: The 16 week ultrasound scan was a source of utter delight for us both. Being first time parents, neither of us really knew what to expect. About all I did know was that
Continue reading →The RSPCA – Feeding the Five Thousand on Two Little Fishes…
It’s that time of year – the airwaves are full of dietary advice. The RSPCA couldn’t resist the temptation – they have jumped in with a few quick prosecutions to help us decide what we can
They'll be Coming Round the Mountain…
Or rather they won’t! Was I the only person who raised a silent cheer at the news that the Nepalese Sherpas had walked off Everest, and that thus ‘this year’s Everest expeditions
Why UKIP should join a 'European Union'.
I do understand that if you are a UKIP supporter it is because you really don’t want anything to do with Europe, Brussels, foreign sounding names or incomprehensible policies foisted upon you – or the Euro!
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Vote Dom! You Know it Makes Sense!
Selection on merit for parliamentary candidates – I’m a great believer in it. Forget ‘all-women’ lists, and parachuting ‘friends of the party’ into safe seats. Every candidate should be individually selected on their aptitude for the
The Return of the Bionic Raccoon.
Done it! Done it! Done it! Been there; got the t-shirt; everything is behind me now – literally!
It was far from ‘the breeze’ that I expected it to be – probably the most testing week
Continue reading →The Miller's Tale (with apologies to Chaucer!)
Wake me up before you Go-Gojam!
Gojam, the ever present, malodorous, spiteful, demanding, unreasonable, illogical, presence in my life, who had no other function in life than to spout bile, has been given his marching orders. From Tuesday afternoon he will be
Top Tories in Grooming Scandal – Cameron urged to e-Jockulate.
e·jock·u·la·tion [ih-jok-yuh-ley-shuh
n] noun. 1.an abrupt, exclusion of Scottish MPs. 2.the act or process of ejockulating, especially the discharge of Salmond supporters by Westminster parliaments. Origin: 1706–1707; ejockulate + -ion
It is the frequently repeated manta of ‘no taxation without
Continue reading →Wales to ban E-cigarettes?
Dear Professor Mark Drakeford,
For your information, ‘smoking in public’ has never been made unacceptable – what you mean is, ‘smoking indoors in public spaces’.
Smokers have continued to smoke in
Continue reading →British Phlegm.
As most of Nato, the Warsaw pact and China join forces to search the Indian ocean, forsooth they find the odd body part that may have fallen from the sky, if it didn’t land in North Korea, or
Continue reading →Hollande and the Dutchman, Willy Wonka and the Wily Winker.
Elections are confusing times, locally we have been trying to make sure we know the difference between M. Castagner and M. Castanier. You have to listen closely – it makes the life or death difference between yet another
What's Love but a Second-hand Emotion?
Parents are now under attack from all sides. The battle-lines have been drawn.
Robert Buckland, the Conservative MP for Swindon South, is elated at the news that his proposal to make
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