You have to laugh at everyone jumping on the bandwagon with regards to Roman Abramovich and Chelsea FC. Everyone knew he was a gangster 20 years ago and no one did anything about it. The British government welcomed him and his roubles in. He knew, like all self-respecting gangsters and human rights abusers, a Premier League football club is the place to be.
Why Football Clubs?
Why a football club? Well, we all know the saying with ...
As Russia pummels an independent European state, all of us amateur current affairs enthusiasts are in a right old pickle. Where on earth will it all end up and how did the current and former leaders of the free world let it happen?
Corrupted by Roubles
I don’t really know but there is no doubting one thing. The west has allowed itself to be corrupted by roubles. Whether it is politicians dating back to the fall of the Berlin wall, ...
The other day, I made a joke that 99% of people who were acting hard in the face of storm Eunice were the types who voted Brexit. What I didn’t predict was that I was right.
From Wednesday until today’s aftermath, these people have been proving how tough they are. Before the storm, it was all about how back in the day, it was just called a storm. We put a jacket on and just got on with it.
Storm in Tea Cup
Now the storm is ...
Before I ventured out with the dog this morning, I made up
my own lyrics to Blur’s ‘Parklife’. “I pull my waterproofs on ‘av a cup of coffee
and fink about leaving the ‘ouse”, I sang, as Jennifer became increasingly
annoyed about my existence.
As the rain cascaded down on the window, I asked Jennifer if
she would like to join me. I did this knowing the answer. It was a bit like
Jacob Rees-Mogg asking the mother of a 4-year-old ...
As Cressida Dick becomes the latest domino to fall in a city
engulfed in corruption, it makes me question the purpose of the police force
and what it stands for. Bear in mind that they are funded by the taxpayer, so
we, in effect, are the customer.
There are aspects of the police force that do a great job
for the public (the customer). They have to be on the scene at horrific murders
and accidents and have been paramount in removing danger...
