Month: March 2018

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Oh Dear…

March 31, 2018 Longrider 24

Another failure of auto technology. Electric carmaker Tesla says a vehicle involved in a fatal crash in California was in Autopilot mode, raising further questions […]

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Chutzpah

March 30, 2018 Longrider 5

Chutzpah indeed. Two surviving members of the Isis cell known as “The Beatles” have accused the government of violating international law by stripping them of British citizenship. […]

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One Question

March 30, 2018 Longrider 7

To the #I believe her crowd. The decision has led to huge demonstrations in Belfast, Londonderry, Cork, Limerick, Galway, Dublin and London, with protesters marching under […]

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Mixed Feelings

March 28, 2018 Longrider 34

Occasionally there’s a news item that leaves me wondering what, exactly, I think. This is one. A decision by the Parole Board to release the […]

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Er, No…

March 28, 2018 Longrider 6

EU leaders should be telling us to eat less meat. “It is imperative for the EU to step up and change its policies to accelerate […]

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Worrying…

March 26, 2018 Longrider 14

I find myself on the same side of the argument as Ken Clarke. The former Conservative chancellor Ken Clarke has dismissed the row about Britain’s […]

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Seriously?

March 26, 2018 Longrider 8

Forty two grand? Ben Gleeson joined a group in Hertfordshire in 2015, but was later told he could not go to camps or take part […]

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An Old Problem

March 26, 2018 Longrider 6

The left and antisemitism. “Enough is enough,” Jewish groups have said in a letter accusing Jeremy Corbyn of failing to tackle anti-Semitism. The only thing […]

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Oh Dear

March 25, 2018 Longrider 9

This is one for the Sunday Funnies that Julia is fond of. A self-taught rocket man who believes the earth is flat blasted himself 1,875 […]