Because of the Smoking Ban, Stupid
Why are UK pubs in decline? Fucking great African elephant propping himself against the bar, anyone? I mean, you can’t miss him, he weighs a ton […]
Articles by Longrider
No, It Isn’t
Smoking should be banned in cars carrying children, says England’s public health minister. Anna Soubry said her personal view was that it was justified on […]
Sounds Good to Me
So when do we get a Grillo here? Mr Grillo’s simple and hugely popular argument is that Italian politics of both left and right is […]
The Past is a Foreign Country
Once again, the media is wetting itself over slavery that came to an end over two hundred years ago. This time it is over the […]
Here We Go…
There’s a reason that bereaved relatives are the last people we should be listening to in the wake of an incident. The father of a […]
Where to Start?
There are bosses from hell and days from hell, but nothing tops that “worst job ever” experience. Jeebus, really, you want a list? Over the […]
On Using WordPress
I see that Captain Ranty has migrated to WordPress. During the Dickie Doubleday problems of last year, those of us using WordPress – and here […]
Coke Causes Cancer
Bollocks. Listen to the arsehole who spouts his puritanical propaganda on the BBC: …We don’t need them to survive, they’re just water and sugar and calories. […]
Yes, Quite Right.
IDS was incredulous at claims that working without recompense from the employer was equivalent to slave labour: “She was paid jobseeker’s allowance by the taxpayer […]