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Sinking to Blaming the French for Our Decision
I was imagining the other day what it would be like to work in customs when the law about checking passports changed. When I used to go to France a fair bit, you just had to hold your passports up, barely braking as you did so. If there was a queue building, they hardly bothered even looking. Stamping Passports Now they must mess about stamping the passports ...
Truss – Ready to Lead by Watching the Crowd and Running to the Front!
So, Liz Truss is ‘ready to lead, trusted to deliver’. By whom exactly? By the Lib Dems she was president of at university? By the Remain voters she campaigned vigorously on behalf of in 2016? Or the swivel eyed ERG freaks who have done so much damage to the UK. Trusting Truss Why would anyone in their right mind trust Liz Truss to deliver? There’s a ...
Heatwaves, 1976 and Denis Howell
Over the last few days of record-breaking temperatures, much has been mentioned (mainly by older folks who think they’re hard) about the famed summer of 1976. I was eight at the time and the only thing I really remember is my mother doing some bizarre pagan like dance when it rained. Oh, and the smell of the rain on dry surfaces. Even when I smell that now, it ...
It’s Summer, Get Over It – Big Frank Down The Red Lion Told Me!
I have always wondered why certain people use severe weather warnings to look hard. In the winter it is, “Yes, it’s going to snow…guess what, it’s winter”. In the summer it is “Wow it’s going to be hot…it’s called summer, get over it”. If there is a storm warning that might disrupt travel or bring down power lines, it’s, “In my day ...
Small Victories and the Joy and Despair of the Lost and Found
I have one client left who still insists on posted invoices. Everyone else just deals in emailed PDF’s these days, making life easier for all. Therefore, every week, I have to print of the invoices and timesheets, put them in an envelope and find a stamp. Letterbox Euphoria I have kind of mastered that part, it’s getting the invoice from my house to the ...