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Are Manchester City Corrupt?

Many people are asking the question, is football corrupt? Of course it is. The only debate is the extent of the corruption and what can be done about it, if anything at all? Manchester City The recent allegations made against Manchester City are not really surprising. There have long been suspicions relating to inflated sponsorship increasing City's spending ...

The End of Dry January

I always find that if I get into the habit of not doing something, I can get quite good at it. After about a week of not drinking, I have got myself out of the habit and I go in search of chocolates instead. The downside of this is that I am also very good at getting back into habits. Dry January knocks me out of habitual boozing but by spring, as a bit of warmth ...

Taxation and Why We Should Pay It

When I think about the various PAYE, VAT and corporation tax bills I pay, I do wonder why some people think we should try to avoid them. Many of us have been to state schools, seen our kids born in NHS hospitals and had operations at some point. These things are regarded as ‘free at the point of delivery’ but the money doesn’t come out of thin air. It comes ...

Why Leaders are Supposed to Adhere to Rules

I was listening to a Radio phone-in on BBC 5 Live earlier. I only caught about 20 minutes of it but it revolved around Rishi Sunak not wearing a seatbelt whilst trying to look like a normal person (not easy). The impulsive conclusion to come to is, "who cares?" Then a copper came on the radio and went ahead with explaining, why, in his opinion, there is more to ...

The Death of the Pub

I went to a pub for a birthday meal last night. It was expensive and bang average. I can’t bring myself to say the pub's name, as on occasion, my blogs get picked up and put on web pages for crap pubs or something. I haven’t got the heart to put another nail in it’s coffin as the staff were nice and glad of company on another pitifully slow night. An ...