The World’s on Fire and We Don’t Care!

Posted on July 18, 2023

I started following a thread about Sunday's tennis final yesterday. It focussed on how outrageous Novak Djokovic's behaviour was when he smashed his tennis racquet into the net post. People were absolutely seething that the hallowed centre court was being abused in such a manner. The End of the World From where I was sat, I saw a bloke approaching the end of his time as, 'The Goat', boiling over at the realisation a new man was in town. ...

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The Sun Versus the BBC

Posted on July 13, 2023

A friend of mine who now lives in Australia sent me a message last night. "I’m just listening to Five Live now. It obviously gets no coverage here as no one would know who Hugh Edwards is. But yes, so weird that the Sun is trying to take a moral high ground when it’s lived off smut for years. And just totally about Murdoch trying to whip up a storm against the BBC. I don’t understand why people are ever against public broadcasting. I ...

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Let’s Go BBC Bashing

Posted on July 11, 2023

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 presenter has been purchasing pictures of a child to fund an illegal drug habit, he ...

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The Spirit of Cricket and all That Nonsense!

Posted on July 3, 2023

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 doing the right or wrong thing. First Hand Experience With regards to the ...

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The First Test – A View From the Covid Chez Lounge

Posted on June 21, 2023

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. So, only because Jennifer works for the NHS and has loads of test kits, I ...

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