Month: February 2017

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The Anti Democrats

February 26, 2017 Longrider 4

Gina Miller is demanding again… The campaigner who forced Theresa May to ask Parliament’s permission to trigger Article 50 has demanded the House of Lords […]

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Now, This…

February 25, 2017 Longrider 8

…Could get interesting. Sadiq Khan, London’s mayor, has risked causing a row over Scottish independence by warning that nationalism can be as divisive as racism […]

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Heh!

February 25, 2017 Longrider 7

The BBC and Grauniad banned from Trumpton. The White House barred several news organizations from an off-camera press briefing on Friday, handpicking a select group […]

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This

February 22, 2017 Longrider 4

Is in part why I utterly detest the world of sport. The Gambling Commission’s enforcement and intelligence director, Richard Watson, declared: “Integrity in sport is […]

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Much Joy

February 19, 2017 Longrider 7

In the kingdom of Heaven. But then he began to have doubts about many of the political positions he held and started confronting what he […]

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DOO or Don’t

February 16, 2017 Longrider 8

Driver only trains, eh? It isn’t only Southern that has a problem with them – or, to be specific, a problem with the unions objecting […]

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A Storyteller’s Tale

February 16, 2017 Longrider 2

Things have been a bit quiet around here of late. That’s because fiction has managed to get in the way. Many, many years ago, my English […]

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Speechless

February 12, 2017 Longrider 10

Yes, really. Britain’s youngest Euromillions winner has revealed she is planning to sue Lotto claiming landing the jackpot ‘ruined her life’. Jane Parks, who was 17 when she […]

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Newspeak

February 11, 2017 Longrider 7

Clearly, Orwell wrote an instruction manual. A rightwing network of British bloggers and social media activists has emerged as an increasingly influential voice for white […]

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Could Be Worse

February 9, 2017 Longrider 7

Donald Trump: a man so obnoxious that karma may see him reincarnated as himself Oh, it could be far worse than that. He could be […]