Frank Bough – Presenter, Gentleman, Lover of Cocaine and Dungeons!
If I were doing a eulogy at Frank Bough's funeral, I would start by saying, “Frank…he wasn’t perfect”. However, any of you reading this and you are of my age group, the death of people like Frank Bough, is another little part of your childhood removed. Bough was in his pomp in the days when there were only three channels on TV and there were no home computers or mobile devices. It was books, comics or TV, and Frank Bough was a major ...
Birch Them & Work Them Think Tank Revealed
The Conservative Party have set out plans to end the child poverty crisis with a new think tank headed by party chairman, Jacob Rees Mogg. ‘Birch them and Work them’ is an audacious plan that will force children under the age of 16 to work for their food and end the childhood poverty crisis. End of Workers Rights With the imminent end of Workers Rights as we exit the EU, the plan is to reduce the UK working age to four years old. ...
Social Media and Coronavirus
Who remembers the good old days back when we were in full lockdown? The days when those of us who like reading, thought that with a bit of effort, we would be able to understand what Covid19 was all about. The timeline for all of us was different but for the people I know well, the days of being an epidemiologist ended around mid-summer. Oddly, Tony Blair sealed the deal for me (yes, the evil one who started the second Iraq war because he ...
Standards Don’t Count Anymore!
Last night, Conservative MP’s voted against an amendment bill that would force foreign food exporters to adhere to domestic food standards. These standards protect animal welfare and food quality. Why would anyone want to compromise that? Why would anyone put British farming at risk by allowing any other nation (notably America) to only be asked to apply their own food standards to exports into Britain. Trade Deals For trade deals of ...
Where Does Our Public Services Money Go?
I was watching something on the news last night that caught my attention. It was a piece about how the immigration system was failing everyone, including the asylum seekers. I must admit, my interest was apathetic until I saw a big sign at one of the centres with Serco written on it. Serco are everywhere on government contracts and everywhere they seem to perform badly. You would think the government would find this unacceptable, but they ...