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A New Low?

December 21, 2011 Longrider 9

I realise that Steve Bell is pretty low at the best of times. Cartoonists are supposed to direct a pin-prick of humour into the inflated […]

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Blog Off!

December 16, 2011 Longrider 7

Via Trooper Thomson, and Liberal Conspiracy, the outgoing chair of the PCC wants bloggers to sign up to –  and pay for –  regulation. Those […]

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Cynic, Me?

December 15, 2011 Longrider 6

My Christmas favourite is Christmas itself, its lit streets and decorated homes; its food, songs and music. For me it holds no religious import, but […]

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Ibuprofen

December 14, 2011 Longrider 9

Ibuprofen is now fifty years old. The linked article then goes on to tell us that alongside aspirin and paracetamol, it is a medicine we […]

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Alt-Berg Boots

December 14, 2011 Longrider 5

I’ve been wearing Alt-Berg motorcycle boots for years now. Indeed, my first pair have long since been replaced. I currently have three pairs, the classic long […]

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Naughty to be a Nazi

December 13, 2011 Longrider 16

Sometime while I was growing older –  certainly after I became an adult, Britain became a thin-skinned wuss. It must have been an alien invasion. […]