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NotWork Rail

February 3, 2025 Longrider 19

Ever since Network Rail took over from Railtrack, it’s been run by morons. Not that Railtrack was good, as that was a clusterfuck too, but […]

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Yeah, You Did

April 25, 2023 Longrider 7

Cheat. ‘I haven’t cheated, I’ve not taken somebody’s prize money away’: Transgender athlete who ‘exploited loophole’ to finish ahead of 14,000 women in female category […]

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Oh Dear…

January 24, 2023 Longrider 1

Don’t you mean ‘mummified remains?’ Digital scan unwraps secrets of mummy from 2,300 years ago Looks like this Grauniad headline writer has missed the memo. […]

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Oh, Piss Off!

December 30, 2022 Longrider 12

I thought I’d switched this bullshit off. I am currently working on novel number six. It starts with a bank robbery thirty years ago. As […]

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Respectful

December 8, 2022 Longrider 2

Is it respectful or is it submission? “I find it respectful that the Irish students are learning my language.” These are the words of Mohammad. […]

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Mind Your Language

October 1, 2022 Longrider 16

My post the other day seems to have incurred a heated response. The initial story both amused and irritated me in equal measure, hence my […]

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Words Have Meaning

March 2, 2022 Longrider 7

I am sick and tired of the word ‘genocide’ being bandied about. Russia has today stepped up its attacks on Ukraine’s major cities as officials […]

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Non au Réveil

May 10, 2021 Longrider 8

The French are fighting back against the wokeist attempt to pervert their language. France has banned schools from using ‘gender neutral’ spellings, saying they are a […]