Mrs Murrell Goes to Brussels.
Mensheviks v. Leninists.
You may be surprised to learn that Labour, under Mr Corbyn’s leadership, does have a ‘strategy and communications chief’ – the millionaire Seumas Milne.
The current chaos suggested that this was a party in disarray
Continue reading →Corbynoses and the Book of Brexodus.
And the children of Blair were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty; and the land was filled with them. They were known henceforth as the Blairites.
Now there arose up a new king
Continue reading →A Very British Revolution.
Seeing Cameron with stiff upper lip, facing the British press after the referendum results, I cannot get the image of Alec Guinness as Colonel Nicholson in Bridge over the River Kwai out of my mind.
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So if we’re not Remainia, what happens next?
“Sneer at us, scare us, patronise us; but never forget; For we are the people of England, that have spoken now.”
With apologies to that nice Mr Chesterton!
Cap’n G has
Continue reading →Jo Cox and GoFundMe.
Even as we are exhorted not to discuss the ‘whys and wherefores’ of her murder, and in particular, not to ascribe our own beliefs to the possible motivation of Thomas
Continue reading →Suffer the little children under the EU…
Never mind David Cameron eating small roasted babies for breakfast, I’m more concerned with what the EU is doing to those wide eyed African babies this morning.
Starving them by way of penalising their parents,
Continue reading →Cox Fighting.
Such an undignified tussle over Jo Cox’s still warm corpse.
Who can make the most mileage in their chosen campaign by invoking her name?
Will you be sending off for the ‘false flag wristband’
Continue reading →Cliff Hanger comes to an End.
Cliff Richard’s punishment for being a wealthy celebrity who chose not to marry has come to an end. Two years of the Internet and the media being given free rein to speculate and fabricate
Corrupt Police Officers?
By 1988, Lynette White had been a prostitute for 6 years. Since she was 14 years old, to save you working it out for yourself. She was bright and bubbly, but had never progressed beyond the
Autistic Meltdown.
My interest in Autism stems from my days with the Court of Protection. There is a form, a ‘CP3’, on which the GP or Consultant is invited to put ‘simply’ the reason why he thinks his
J’adore, Flabradors, and Guards’ma’doors.
The British are a funny race. Did anyone enquire as to the state of health of Frenchman Gerard de Nerval’s pet lobster as he walked it round Paris? Sentient? Fricasseed? Boiled even? We were content
Inventative Journalism.
Is ‘Inventative’ a word? I wasn’t sure – it suited my purposes as an alternative to ‘Investigative’ but I couldn’t find it in the dikshunary. (I do use one occasionally!)
My search for the
Continue reading →Determinative Labelism.
New Scientist journalist John Hoyland coined the term ‘nominative determinism’ to describe the alchemy by which some people seem to be drawn to their jobs by virtue of their birth name. Though given that most surnames
The ‘Voices’ begging to be heard?
Oft’ times, when I am struggling to resolve opposing opinions, I will stare out the window
Continue reading →It’s a good news/bad news day…
Shall we have the good news first? Pour yourself a cup of coffee and pull up a chair… Settled? OK!
For the past 154 days of the year, you have been working hard
Continue reading →“Being wrongly accused of rape is no minor slight”.
Alexander Economou – Not Guilty of Harassment!
The Economou/de Freitas story was destined to attract global attention in these feminista times. He said/she said has become the bread and butter of the media –
Continue reading →Swallows and Amazons.
Gosh! Was it really 60 years ago today that I was eight years old? Did the sun really shine all day in June back then? Did I really cycle from Westleton to Dunwich day after day,
‘Raccoon! A’home!’
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
Continue reading →‘Raccoon! Ahoy!’
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
Saturday Evening Posts Worth Reading.
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
Continue reading →Peak Guardian and sautéed Cephalopods.
“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
Continue reading →In which Ms Raccoon performs a EU turn….
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
The Archer’s hitting the Feminist ‘G’ spot.
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“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?
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.
Continue reading →Victims and Survivors.
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
Continue reading →Rural police left ‘sitting ducks’ by shortage of armed back-up.
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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“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
Saturday Evening Posts Worth Reading.
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.
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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