Current Affairs
Google Tax Bill
When I was looking like a retard on a cross trainer at the gymnasium this morning, I couldn't help but notice on the screen in front of me someone talking about Google and a corporation tax settlement of £130 million that is to be paid to the HMRC. There was a horrible patronising woman MP on the programme (called something like Penelope Cameron-Puppet) claiming that a payment of £130 million on profits dating back to 2005 was something of ...
RIP Lennon Karma
Legendary triangle player Lennon Karma has been found dead in his luxury home on the edge of Paulsgrove in Hampshire after a suspected heart attack aged just 68 and a half. Rock Star Living: Lennon Karma's Luxury Home Karma, who triangled for a plethora of sixties rock and folk bands including Hoople Tuesday, The Windows, Seeing Yellow and Dense Pink, was known for pushing the boundaries of triangle playing to unprecedented limits. ...
Blue Monday after a Blue Week
Apparently it was Blue Monday yesterday, the most depressing day of the year because it is half way through the longest month, the weather is dismal, and we receive our credit card bills. It is also a good time to get divorced because domestic pressure has mounted up over Christmas as has the general spending in the lives of 21st century consumer addicts. There are even adverts on the local radio stations encouraging divorces. "Oh I just ...
Worst Winter for 58 years…Not!
For those of you who follow social media like Twitter or Facebook, you will have been informed that Britain is heading for its coldest winter for 58 years, which would make it colder than the one in 1963, when Britain ground to a halt for three months. Hmmmm? Normally it is the Daily Express (courtesy of some fantasist weather sites) who spill the diatribe, but I notice that even the Daily Telegraph and The Independent are getting in on the ...
A Working Dog and the Cash for Grouse Scandal!
One of the things I am asked most about my pet dog is "Are you going to work it?" As it is a breed that is generally, but not exclusively, bred as a gun dog, it is a legitimate question and one that I have given minor consideration, especially as I have a landowner friend who runs occasional informal pheasant shoots that are low on participants as well as genocide levels. I actively dislike pheasants, so I would not mourn their passing as ...