Ron Copsey has set himself up as an expert counsellor for those who have endured a particular kind of trauma.
Ron, you see has expert experience of this kind of trauma. It has taken him 10
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Save (us from) The Whales.
The Foreign & Commonwealth Office is a hugely expensive operation. Over £2 billion a year to maintain its offices in virtually every important city around the world and pay its expensively trained staff. It has a
Continue reading →Football – Spot The Ball Competition.
Barry and Distrct FC are Division 2 Champions.
(Ed: I’m shocked Ms Raccoon……)
National Raccoon Day…..
National Raccoon Day today, and I shall be taking the day off to rake through some very special garbage cans..in the meantime I leave you with this.
The Right to Roam
“They must have moved Snaefell again…”
I must confess that I often find myself feeling like a stranger in a strange land, and never more so that when confronted by the curious
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Life in a very small and very rural French village can be surreal at times.
We are clustered round the 15th century church of St Felicien. It is a historic monument, Grade 1 listed
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He would be so proud
There is little I can say that can convince you of the blind stupidity and wasteful cost of government as well as this little tale
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I was reading this excellent post by Ben Goldacre and it inspired me to reflect upon the curious nature of “prevention”. In this post, Ben says:
According to the Home Office, Sarah’s law – which
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Utopia Unplugged.
Corajoud Park, Villeneuve.
Andrew Withers post on Sunday asking where it might be possible to construct a new existence struck a particular chord with me for here in France
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Saturday Evening Posts Worth Reading – Holiday Edition.
JuliaM was right – the Donkey is a ringer…….
Not a Sheep on child free travel.
Subrosa on the failings of child protection.
Raedwald on the human cost of bastardy.
Longrider on Speed Cameras.
Continue reading →Integration and Minorities.
The perceived wisdom of the man in the Snug is that immigrant populations should be the ones to integrate, change their ways, learn the language, adapt to the strange food. They are but a small
Continue reading →Saving Every Ass Under The Sun.
Last month a viral video showing an Ass strapped to a parasail dangling 150’ above a southern
Continue reading →Some Step-Fathers Do Have ‘em.
The Step-son from Hell…..
A FRAUDSTER who stole thousands of pounds from his stepfather’s building society account only days after being spared prison was yesterday locked up for six
Continue reading →In Praise of Real Men.
PC David Rathband has been in danger of losing the media fight for column inches. That will be redressed at 7.30 tonight on the ITV1 programme ‘In the Line of Fire’.
PC Rathband had the misfortune
Continue reading →Marxism v. Capitalism.
There is a superb article by Dr Eamonn Butler on the Adam Smith blog highlighting the current pressure from the Marxist left to ‘force’ the banks to lend, which has set my brain whirring for the day.
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The Decline of Law and Order (part 2)
In a curious parallel (that is almost certainly not related in any way, shape or form) to the decline of the police caring in the slightest about what happens to people and their property, there has been an astounding increase
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The Decline of Law and Order (part 1)
It seems to me that things were a lot simpler when I was younger. Not younger as in being a child, but younger as in being in my twenties and thirties. Certain acts were criminal, and as long as you
Continue reading →Health Economics.
In Hereford there is a purpose built podiatric hospital. That’s a foot hospital for the benefit of those who cruise the Internet looking for any mention of paedophilia and get confused with paediatrics.
I
Continue reading →The Drippy Fawcett Society.
One of the guiding hands behind Harman’s feminista movement for equality legislation, she is the original dripping faucet on the subject of equality for women.
A Tale of Two Egos.
Two men who have enjoyed the riches of Formula 1, the adulation of the world, and the good fortune to survive death and
Continue reading →Jerusalem! Hallelujah!
Three former Labour MPs and an ex-Tory peer facing expenses fraud allegations have lost appeals over a ruling that they are not protected by parliamentary privilege from prosecution. Elliott Morley, David Chaytor, Jim Devine
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Three former Labour MPs and an ex-Tory peer facing expenses fraud allegations have lost appeals over a ruling that they are not protected by parliamentary privilege from prosecution. Elliott Morley, David Chaytor, Jim Devine and Lord Hanningfield
Continue reading →Guido, Guido, wherefore art thou?
This is not
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The Court of Protection Fees.
Late last night, Christine Hockett replied to my post on the ‘Catch 22′ that is the Court of Protection. Her comment was so articulate, and so perfectly describes the difficulties even an intelligent sane individual
Continue reading →Court of Protection Fees! (Fie! Foe! Fum!)
Late last night, Christine Hockett replied to my post on the ‘Catch 22′ that is the Court of Protection. Her comment was so articulate, and so perfectly describes the difficulties even an intelligent sane individual has in coping
Continue reading →The Milky Bar Kid goes Feral?
Moshin Khalid is a business man. He has spotted a gap in the market. He has seen that not all teenagers want to get violently drunk, vomit in the street, and end the evening with
Continue reading →The Coalition Blues
Nicky: I’ve got a bratty partner,
Who bugs me every day.
This morning Old Man Vince,
Chased the last bonus away.
Chris Huhne – he acts like,
Like he belongs in the zoo.
I’m the saddest pol,
The saddest pol in coalition junior crew.
I wish
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