How Long Before…
…it happens here? Kenya has started to register all mobile phone numbers in a bid to cut crime. Users will have to supply identity documents […]
Articles by Longrider
Obligatory World Cup Post
Following the England football team’s recent draw with Algeria, I must admit to a wry smile. If ever there was the most dramatic illustration of […]
The Death Penalty
John Demetriou comments on the recent execution of Ronnie Lee Gardner and asks the age old question: The death penalty. What do you make of it? […]
More Big Society
I have had a taste of military life. For a few years during my twenties I was a member of the Royal Naval Reserve. Although […]
Drink Driving
As I don’t drink alcohol, drinking and driving isn’t really an issue for me. I was in my late teens when I rode home once after […]
A Touch of Monet
The poppies are out again, so I thought another venture out with the camera was in order. Tags: photography
Kill Football Fans
Despite my dislike of football and the dreary tournaments and semi-literate garbled garbage that the pundits ram down our throats at every opportunity, I’ve never […]
Iain Coucher to Go
I see that Iain Coucher is to leave Network Rail. Well, frankly, not before time. I worked for Railtrack at the time that Network Rail […]
Ban Football?
I don’t like football, nay, I detest it, absolutely and utterly. I was introduced to it at the age of eight and pretty quickly realised […]
More IDiocy
Last month, when discussing John Kirby’s risible apologia for identity cards, bemoaning the fact that his is now useless plastic junk, I mentioned that I […]