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Status Check

August 31, 2013 Longrider 7

Our status needs checking apparently. Chancellor George Osborne says he expects some “national soul searching”. Those who argue a fundamental change has taken place put […]

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Good Lord!

August 30, 2013 Longrider 5

Words fail me. David Cameron was defeated in the Commons as MPs rejected a motion on the principle that military action could be required to […]

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On Yer Bike

August 29, 2013 Longrider 29

Jackart waxes lyrical about the demise of the iron horse and the rise of the driver-less car. I believe Tim Worstall has made similar comments […]

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Here We Go Again…

August 28, 2013 Longrider 20

Echoes of Tiny Blur and the great invasion of Babylon are bouncing about the walls of Whitehall. Britain has a responsibility to take action to […]

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And So It Goes…

August 27, 2013 Longrider 7

The bastards just can’t help themselves. The UK Parliament is to be recalled on Thursday to discuss possible responses to a suspected chemical weapons attack […]

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No! No! No!

August 26, 2013 Longrider 13

Voting should be compulsory for young people taking part in a general election for the first time, according to a report published on Monday by the Institute […]

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We Are All Individuals

August 25, 2013 Longrider 5

Another attack on individualism. Society is “losing the plot” as it becomes more secular and less trusting, the UK’s outgoing Chief Rabbi Lord Sacks has […]

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Simple Answer To That

August 22, 2013 Longrider 11

Farcebook again. An Anglesey mother has talked over her anger after an internet troll took her son’s picture from her Facebook profile and posted it […]

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Bangorrhea?

August 22, 2013 Longrider 9

A BBC article discusses the use – or should that be overuse – of the exclamation mark!!!!!!!!!!! Ahem… Elmore Leonard has died at the age […]