Are England the Real Deal?

Posted on September 15, 2023

Some time ago, probably around 2010, I gave up watching England playing football. It was like watching Groundhog Day. Same old shit about passion, desire, love of the badge and so on. It never worked and nearly always ended in bitter tears, sending off’s and a gammon onslaught about not caring enough. White Noise and Caring Too Much! Much of England’s problems always appeared to revolve around caring too much. Wound up by tabloid ...

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Do We Need to Worry or Rejoice in the September Heat?

Posted on September 9, 2023

By the time this weekend is over, many places in the UK will have seen six successive days where it has passed 30 centigrade. That will be double what has ever happened before in the UK during the month of September. For those who don’t like the heat, they should be grateful it is September. Had the current weather pattern emerged in July or early August, the temperature would have soared into the late 30s. 40 centigrade may have happened ...

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Sunak’s Non-Existent Grasp of Normality

Posted on September 2, 2023

When I saw that Rishi Sunak took a helicopter to travel 110 miles so he could announce deregulation of pollution from new housing developments, I thought we’d reached ‘Peak Sunak’. It was mind-boggling that he or his advisers would have thought this was a good idea. Every day we hear depressing news about the climate passing tipping point and the Prime Minister acts like he couldn’t give a toss. US College Donation Then, later in ...

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Who Enjoyed the Women’s World Cup?

Posted on August 20, 2023

I quite enjoyed the women’s World Cup. There were some good games and of course England did very well. Ultimately, they got stuffed in the final (if you can be stuffed 1-0) but they showed great team spirit to get as far as they did. They got the rub of the green against Nigeria in the last 16 but not in the final. But did it grip the nation in the way the media tried to make us believe? I think it spiked an interest but personally, I was ...

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Warmish Weather Set to Blast Britain

Posted on August 8, 2023

Britain is bracing itself for two days of warmish weather to hit our shores. In scenes that some forecasters are predicting will be a bit like August, people have been advised to wear a T-shirt and take their jackets off. Hotter than Finland The normal temperatures and dry conditions are set to blast into Britain on Wednesday and Thursday before it becomes dreary and miserable again on Friday. With temperatures set to be warmer than ...

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