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Prince Dies, Queen Lives!

Posted on April 22, 2016

When I was walking my dog last night, a BBC newsflash came up on my phone saying, 'Prince Found Dead.' I am sure I wasn't the only one to think that this was going to go down in history as the spectacular event that ruined the Queen's 90th birthday, an event that you may have heard about, unless you were on Mars wearing earplugs and a blindfold. Of course the Queen needn't have worried as it was Prince, the rock star, not Charlie, the ...

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Is it Ever Right to Riot?

Posted on April 19, 2016

Apparently, 150,000 people demonstrated against the government at the weekend, which, if the figures are based on facts, is quite a substantial amount. The problem with a lot of these statistics is that they are often exaggerated, with false information being portrayed over social media which, in my opinion, is self-defeating, a bit like churning out all the tired old phases like 'Tory Scum'. I don't like the modern Conservatives, I think ...

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Aggers & Tufffers – A Pleasant Surprise With an Added Bonus!

Posted on April 16, 2016

When Woody, one of the lads from our cricket club, invited me to an evening with Aggers and Tuffers at the Anvil in Basingstoke, I must admit, I wasn't salivating. However, without the shackles of BBC scripts and the fear of the PC police, they provided a charming and funny evening of entertainment that was definitely worth the money. My cynicism before the show was based on my loathing for 'A Question of Sport' the contrived and ferocio...

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Low Achievers Hating the Rich!

Posted on April 15, 2016

One of the more odious things I witnessed on the news this week was Alan Duncan MP, brown-nosing David Cameron by claiming that, "The Prime Minister's critics really just snap out of the synthetic indignation and admit that their real point is that they hate anyone who has got a hint of wealth in them?" He went on to rant about "low-achievers who hate enterprise, hate people who look after their own family and know absolutely nothing about ...

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The Panama Papers – What Did We Learn?

Posted on April 11, 2016

When Labour began pushing for a declaration of tax returns from David Cameron, I couldn't help but wonder whether it was a bit of a wild swing in the dark safe in the knowledge that Jeremy Corbyn is as clean as a whistle. The reason I thought this was because if there were shenanigans going on with regards to money stashed in tax havens, they were unlikely (unless the PM had taken awful advice) to show up in tax returns. I would assume  that ...

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