Bye Bye Blighty
As I write this, Longrider Towers is awash with boxes, full of possessions gathered over the past two decades. Slowly, the house is becoming depersonalised […]
Month: November 2008
Blears on the BNP
Politicians, doncha just luvv’em? Communities Secretary Hazel Blears has said white working-class voters turn to the British National Party because they feel ignored by mainstream […]
SPAM of the Day
Supposedly from the UK government (yeah, right), this little gem landed in my SPAM filter overnight. Read and enjoy: Hello , UK Government has decided […]
Banned Plates
Oh, for crying out loud! The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) keeps a list of plates that it has not approved because of words […]
Thought-crime Fightback
Occasionally there is good news to be had. It appears that our courts at least have some grit: The German Government has backed down from […]
The Thunderer on Presumed Consent
Minnette Marrin in the Sunday Times reflects on Gordon Brown’s failings (and there are plenty to choose from): History, if it has any sense, will […]
Well I Never…
I agree with Polly Toynbee. Still, I suppose she has to be right sometimes… Tags: daily+mail, disreputable+rag, judge+eady, max+mosely
The Enemy?
According to the Groan, the media is not the enemy: Parliament should see the media not as an enemy, but as an ally that will […]
Kerry McCarthy and Jack Straw; Nasty Fascists
Kerry McCarthy is a nasty little fascist. If there is one thing that the 1984 campaign has succeeded in, it is that it has displayed […]