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Another Pointless Apology

November 15, 2009 Longrider 8

It says something about our society that there are regular demands for apologies for historic wrongs. The latest involves children sent to Australia and Canada […]

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Railways and Rosters

November 12, 2009 Longrider 20

I see that First Capital Connect is having difficulties providing services again today. Thousands of rail commuters in south-east England are facing a second day of disruption because […]

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And So It Goes On

November 10, 2009 Longrider 14

The Janes saga continues today. What started as a non story is being milked for all it’s worth by the sleazy Sun (no I won’t […]

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Too Much Outrage

November 9, 2009 Longrider 17

I have been listening to the news and noting the pious, righteous fuss about Brown’s badly written letter to the mother of Jamie Janes. The […]

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More Religious Bunkum

November 5, 2009 Longrider 7

This time from the Chief Rabbi. The Chief Rabbi, Lord Sacks of Aldgate, warned today that Europe was dying because the growth of secularism had […]

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Climate Change Religion

November 3, 2009 Longrider 5

Well, we’ve been saying so for long enough… In a landmark ruling, Mr Justice Michael Burton said that “a belief in man-made climate change … […]

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Taking Aspirin

November 3, 2009 Longrider 0

I see that there has been something of a rethink regarding the advice that we routinely take aspirin to ensure that we don’t succumb to […]