Romani Ite Domum
Apparently, according to the Guardian’s cyclist blog, cyclists own the roads. Car drivers assume the roads were built for them, but it was cyclists who […]
Month: August 2011
Conscription
NickM writing at Counting Cats, draws my attention to a fairly obvious predictable knee-jerk response to the recent rioting. Yup, that’s right, National Service. And don’t […]
Osborne Gets It
The Laffer curve, that is. Chancellor George Osborne has asked the Inland Revenue to check whether the 50p top rate of income tax is actually […]
No One Has Endurance
Like the woman who sells insurance. The first time someone tried to sell me personal accident insurance must be getting on for thirty years ago. […]
War Minus the Shooting
Dominic Hobson reminds us of Orwell’s comments on sport. His tale is about his son who spent all day waiting to bat for his team […]
Last Ride of the Slogan Ranger
Two stories involving T shirt slogans and the readiness of the perpetually offended to satisfy their deep desire to be insulted so that they can complain […]
The Beeb Just Can’t Help it…
Bad enough that someone was killed by a polar bear. One might point out that polar bears are great big predators and killing is what […]
Thank Goodness for That
Following the risible, tabloidesque campaign by Guido Fawkes to bring back the death penalty, it seems that the government’s e-petitions site proved popular on this particular […]
Bullying at Work
I must be a bit slow. Or perhaps I’ve just been too close to the action. There’s no excuse really as I’ve seen it before […]