Articles by Longrider
Scare Story Du Jour
Apparently, smoking is so dangerous that it causes damage in minutes of taking that first drag. Smoking damages the body in minutes rather than years, […]
Gazundering
Noticed over at Mark Wadsworth’s place. This: Is gazundering fair game? Selection Votes Yes 86% 251 No 13% 38 Other, please specify. 1% 3 […]
Red Ed’s Message
According to the Millipede minor, the voters of Oldham and Saddleworth have sent a message to government. The Labour leader said the party’s win in […]
General Silliness
Sometimes people can be inadvertently amusing. On my arrival back in the UK in November, I became pissed off at the plethora of junk mail […]
Excuses, Excuses
Following the gaoling of Edward Woollard, Deborah Orr thinks he was given too harsh a punishment. Geoffrey Rivlin QC has given Edward Woollard a “deterrent sentence”. […]
More Liberties With Our Personal Data
As noted in the comments to my post on insurance, today we get this: Appearing before the Transport Select Committee, Mr Penning said the Government […]
The Kafkaesque World of UK Motor Insurance
Returning to the UK has highlighted a problem that we expected in France, but not in the UK. When importing a vehicle into France, you […]
Today’s Spam
Sometimes the SPAM comments I get amuse me. Given the effectiveness of the filters in place – none of them get through – I can’t […]
The Guardian Sinks Lower Still
A little while back, I asked if the Guardian could possibly sink any lower – and observed that each time I think they’ve reached the bottom […]