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10 Years On…The Bank that Almost broke Britain!

Posted on October 4, 2018

Sometimes it is hard to understand why Britain has become such a messed up place. When I saw Theresa May merrily dancing on to stage the other day like the good times were rolling, I thought three things. 1/ is her PR advisor secretly employed by Boris Johnson? 2/ how can austerity be over when there is the real potential she is about to drive Britain off a cliff? 3/how on earth did Britain come to this? Then, struggling to sleep ...

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I Went Glamping and all I Brought Back Was This Terrible Head Cold

Posted on October 3, 2018

The last of the 50th Birthday celebrations were completed last weekend with a Glamping trip for my friend, Peter, which was kindly funded by his wife, Amanda. It was good to see old friends again (there were ten of us in total) and I was grateful to see that I wasn't the only one who had developed a limp and strange caveman noises to accompany simple tasks like doing up shoelaces or getting out of a car. This glamping trip involved staying ...

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Drinkaware One Month On!

Posted on October 1, 2018

Well, I did promise that I would give an update on my Drinkaware App after a month, so being a man that sometimes keeps his word, I shall do so. What you will be glad to hear is that I haven’t turned into an evangelical tea total, living off water and celery sticks. However, for those of you hoping I would fall away into drunken oblivion, you will be disappointed. My biggest achievement has been going from having at least one alcoholic ...

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Time to End the War on Birdlife!

Posted on September 27, 2018

Did anyone know that since 1975, Britain has lost half of its farmland birds and in total we have lost over 40 million birds in the UK?  Most people will never again hear a nightingale, see a turtle dove or a hen harrier and skylarks are disappearing from the skies as I write this post. How sad is that if you are a lover of the wildlife? At the same time 30 million pheasants are released from pens to create chaos amongst the indigenous ...

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Today’s Forecast – A Shower of Shite From Madden and Rao!

Posted on September 25, 2018

For several years now, a chap called Nathan Rao has been publishing preposterous weather stories in The Daily Express, an alleged newspaper. Winter 'forecasts' in recent years have included the following shocking headlines that have also been lifted into other tabloids such as The Sun and The Star. “Coldest Winter in 100 Years on Way” “100 DAYS OF HEAVY SNOW: Britain now facing worst winter in SIXTY YEARS warn forecasters”. ...

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