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Let’s Go BBC Bashing
As I understand it, the BBC gets crank calls hundreds of times a week. There are nutcases everywhere looking to make a fast buck or simply undermine them. If they were to investigate every claim made against them, they wouldn't be able to function as a news and media organisation. Time for Kangaroo Courts Of course, this doesn't mean that if the accused ...
The Spirit of Cricket and all That Nonsense!
Ah, the gentile gentleman’s game of cricket. You get none of this bad sportsmanship stuff you see them nasty footballers get up to. It is a game played in ‘The Spirit of Cricket’. Well, sometimes, anyway. Actually, it’s just like any other sport, some people play in the spirit of the game, others don’t. Most of us fluctuate between both, often regretting ...
The First Test – A View From the Covid Chez Lounge
When I woke up yesterday morning, I knew I had Covid. I am not claiming to be Dr Chris Whitty here (remember him?) it's just that the symptoms were identical to when I had it last time. In another, presumably, coincidental twist that would have a conspiracy theorist on the verge of ejaculation, I contracted it in the same week of the same month I had it in 2022. ...
A Traitor and the Very worst of Men
Boris Johnson knew what was coming. He knew there was a suspension and a by-election coming his way. So, he did what Boris Johnson has always done. He lied, blustered, and blamed. It was everyone else’s fault. Johnson is the victim in all this. A Kangaroo Court It was a Labour Party stitch up. A kangaroo court that had already decided to label him a liar and ...
Overton Win Pendulum Swinging Derby!
A sultry Saturday afternoon with the thermometer reaching 30c meant a tough day of local cricket in the B3400 derby. It was always going to be a day of ifs buts and maybes at Oakley Park and it turned out just that. Overton Bat First Overton won an important toss with intent of piling on the runs and making the Oaks toil in the oppressive heat. During the ...