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Idiot

August 31, 2014 Longrider 15

Michael Simkins. It has been a stressful few days in my household. Friends have noticed my careworn appearance. Sleep has been impossible. As for answering […]

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Speak For Your Self

August 31, 2014 Longrider 6

George Orwell was a literary mediocrity and his views on the importance of plain writing are plain wrong, argues writer Will Self. Says an unfunny […]

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The State

August 30, 2014 Longrider 15

Is not your friend. Children are the responsibility of their parents, not the state. It is up to them to decide what is in the […]

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Airhead Boxer

August 28, 2014 Longrider 5

I’ve been happy with the Deauville as a training bike and had no immediate plans to change. But sometimes things come one’s way that prompts […]

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You Write it, Then

August 27, 2014 Longrider 5

Malorie Blackman continues to whine about racism. I recently gave a couple of interviews where I talked about the cultural world in general, and how UK children’s/young […]

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Precisely

August 25, 2014 Longrider 9

Quite. Real health-and-safety laws exist to protect Britain’s workers, and not to be used as a smokescreen by jobsworths who have little knowledge of the […]

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“We” Are Not

August 24, 2014 Longrider 19

Ah, once again, the Royal “we“. British society, its political class and community leaders must share the blame for the “jihad generation” of young men […]

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En France

August 14, 2014 Longrider 1

I’m crossing the channel for a few days, so I won’t b be here for a bit.