That’s Life
“I need to do a back to work interview with you,” the night manager said. “Oh?” I raised my eyebrows. “Why?” “Because you went sick […]
Articles by Longrider
Someone Loves Big Brother
From time to time, I come across an example of such rampant fuckwittery that my ghast is flabbered – despite my underlying, undying cynicism. An […]
Government Lobbying Government
Dick Puddlecote writing both at his and at the Raccoon Arms comments on the egregious practice of a government body using taxpayers’ money to, er, lobby […]
Meet the New Boss…
…same as the old one, frankly. Do you recall the Tories and the LibDems arguing against the control freakery of Labour when they were in […]
The Hidden Claw
Nefertiti is seventeen now. It seems but a blink of an eye when she was but a bitty kitty and here she is, the grand […]
Daytime Lights
For some while now homogenisation of motorcycles sold in the EU has meant that we do not have the luxury of switching off headlamps during […]
Government Information Films
As a general rule, if the government tells me to do something (or not do something) I will either ignore it or do the opposite […]
Safety Camera Partnership?
Via The Boiling Frog, I am reminded that Swindon scrapped its safety cash cow cameras three years ago. Doesn’t time fly, eh? And at the time […]
Ten Reasons Why
Unusually for the BBC, which has so far toed the official line on the Olympics, it publishes a list of reasons why we might no […]