Malik Doesn’t Get It
While I have to admit to a sneaking admiration for Shahid Malik’s sheer gall in coming out fighting following the exposé of his expenses claims, […]
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MPs’ Expenses; Random Thoughts
The Beeb is full of the expenses stuff this morning. Two things spring to mind – I, like other bloggers, knew about this stuff going on […]
The Demon Drink
Luke Leitch and Carol Midgley ask, what is wrong with teetotallers? I suppose I could cut to the chase and answer; nothing. Still, they ask […]
How Dare You!
Jeremy Seabrook wibbling in the Groan tries to pass the buck for MPs’ expenses onto… wait for it… us. The anger at the grotesque and […]
Carte Gris Part Deux
Back in February, I posted on the process we went through to register our two Renaults in France. Getting the bike registered has been somewhat […]
New Additions
About a year or so after we bought our house in France, we were visited by an attractive tortoiseshell cat. She wandered in through the […]
Jonathan Myerson – Cretin
Dear Jacqui, please keep my DNA for as long as you like… There’s nothing that can be said about this piece of utter drivel. Certainly […]
George Robertson On Road Safety
George Robinson opines in the Groan about road safety. Imagine a global humanitarian disaster that kills on the scale of malaria or tuberculosis. A public […]
Raffaello Pantucci on TWAT
Raffaello Pantucci writing in CiF discusses the recent failures of the government’s anti-terror campaign. He comments on the matter of the trials that came to […]
Thirty Years On
I recall the Thatcher victory as if it was yesterday. I wasn’t impressed and wasn’t looking forward to a Thatcher premiership. My initial reaction was […]