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He Has A Point

May 30, 2016 Longrider 12

Bishop Heinrich Bedford-Strohm. The head of the German Protestant Church has called for Islam to be taught in all state schools in order to prevent […]

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Stepping Back

May 29, 2016 Longrider 8

In time. I used to cycle a lot when I was young.  Getting to and from school and in the holidays for pleasure. Motorcycling put […]

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Move Over Dick

May 27, 2016 Longrider 8

Never mind that we’ve had common law in this country since Richard II’s time. A form of law that is the “law between men”. A […]

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Lies, Damned Lies…

May 26, 2016 Longrider 4

And statistics. Further to the comments here, I am drawn to something I’d noticed and mentally dismissed earlier in the week. The majority of older […]

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Rilly?

May 23, 2016 Longrider 6

If we lose… Something is happening in the Brexit debate that the polls and the demographic breakdowns are not catching. We know that rightwing Tory […]

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And This is a Problem?

May 22, 2016 Longrider 11

University students ain’t what they used to be… UK university students believe the EU referendum is key to their future, but almost two-thirds do not […]

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Now the Barrel is Scraped.

May 20, 2016 Longrider 32

Slebs think we should listen to them. Benedict Cumberbatch and Paloma Faith are among more than 250 of Britain’s best-known actors, artists, musicians and writers […]

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What a Heel

May 15, 2016 Longrider 14

The papers were awash with high heels this past week. Various folk have waded in with varying degrees of outrage – from the Katie Hopkins […]