Stagnation Inspires New Look Blogging!
I have had my youngest son Harry staying with me over the last few days and because he is studying aspects of social media at college, I asked why the growth of this webpage appeared to be slowing down, with 'new visitors' only just ahead of 'returning visitors'. That's the trouble with having site statistics, it throws cold water over any fantasies about thousands of people reading your work. As a consequence, opening a page to see how many ...
The Problem With the Working Poor!
There are a lot of working poor people in Britain who depend on a little help from the government. In fact, according to the right-wing publication, The Spectator, seven million people, all of whom are about to be worse off by roughly £1200 a year. This has been, it appears, a total U-turn by the government in its, at best, fragile effort to claim to be the party of the working man; it was a pre-election policy that worked, convincing ...
Britain and Documentaries on Racism!
I don't know if it is just me who seems to find them all the time, but British TV these days appears to be addicted to some sort of racist porn, with a plethora of documentaries featuring far-right organisations such as the EDL and Britain First. The standard process of these documentaries features an investigator going to an EDL or Britain First march in a provincial town like Leamington Spa, pointing at some Neanderthals with Union Jack ...
Mick Hucknall and the Death of Rebellious Music!
I was watching 'This Week' on Thursday night, a kind of semi-satirical political programme presented by Andrew Neil, the former Sunday Times editor and consumer of three shredded wheat a day (he eats two and puts the other one on his head). Along with his weekly guests that feature Alan Johnson, Michael Portillo and his pet dog, they also have a weekly special guest offering their take on politics and the week that has just passed in parlia...
Alien Life, the World Ending and Political Conferences
Wow, the last week has been a tough one to digest, commencing with major NASA news indicating the possibility of alien life on Mars, followed by the threat of the world ending on October 7th, and finishing with David Cameron thinking he is Josef Goebbels. I don't know whether it is just me but these NASA findings on Mars never cease to disappoint me. I am sure it is all pretty exciting stuff to the scientists but I need more excitement than ...