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How Long Before…

June 21, 2010 Longrider 7

…it happens here? Kenya has started to register all mobile phone numbers in a bid to cut crime. Users will have to supply identity documents […]

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The Death Penalty

June 20, 2010 Longrider 36

John Demetriou comments on the recent execution of Ronnie Lee Gardner and asks the age old question: The death penalty. What do you make of it? […]

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More Big Society

June 20, 2010 Longrider 5

I have had a taste of military life. For a few years during my twenties I was a member of the Royal Naval Reserve. Although […]

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Drink Driving

June 19, 2010 Longrider 11

As I don’t drink alcohol, drinking and driving isn’t really an issue for me. I was in my late teens when I rode home once after […]

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A Touch of Monet

June 18, 2010 Longrider 11

The poppies are out again, so I thought another venture out with the camera was in order.   Tags: photography

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Kill Football Fans

June 17, 2010 Longrider 1

Despite my dislike of football and the dreary tournaments and semi-literate garbled garbage that the pundits ram down our throats at every opportunity, I’ve never […]

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Iain Coucher to Go

June 17, 2010 Longrider 7

I see that Iain Coucher is to leave Network Rail. Well, frankly, not before time. I worked for Railtrack at the time that Network Rail […]

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Ban Football?

June 16, 2010 Longrider 8

I don’t like football, nay, I detest it, absolutely and utterly. I was introduced to it at the age of eight and pretty quickly realised […]

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More IDiocy

June 16, 2010 Longrider 3

Last month, when discussing John Kirby’s risible apologia for identity cards, bemoaning the fact that his is now useless plastic junk, I mentioned that I […]