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A Tale of two Springs!
"Cuh, you wouldn't think it was spring," I said to the local Gillie whilst walking in horizontal rain along the River Anton the other day. "It isn't yet," he said. "Yes it is, it's March now," I replied. "No it's not until the 21st March," he went on, as the conversation threatened to turn into a 'Two Ronnies' sketch. "Yes but..." "I know it's the 21st, because that's my birthday, the first day of spring". I reluctantly ...
Hooray…Winter is Over!
Well that's it folks, winter is over. It is now time for daffodils, swallows, light evenings, warm sunshine, and a slow but sure entrance into sunny days and balmy evenings. Of course, it won't turn out that way, it was only five degrees today with intermittent sleet and rain but we are British for God's sake, so we must be positive and pretend our summers are going to be like UKIP supporters remember them. So what about winter? What ...
The Daily Mail and their Latest Fail!
Before this blog starts, can I state that it is about lies and division, not an allegiance to Tony Blair, whose comments I treat with indifference rather than the recent trend of rabid hatred. I will start with a Daily Mail headline from this week. “Still Think He Wasn’t A Danger, Mr Blair? Fury at Labour government’s £1m compensation for innocent Brit” That is what The Daily Mail said this week after British Jamal al-Harith, ...
Why Do We Give Foreign Aid?
When a blog post about the starvation of the NHS or lack of funding for the elderly comes up, it inevitably goes down a line where at some point, the amount of money Britain sends in foreign aid comes up in the conversation. The tabloids can't get enough of it. They specifically pick out examples of waste to make readers fizz with anger, which is a brilliant diversion tactic from media moguls who avoid tax as a hobby and will do anything to ...
John Bercow and the NHS Crisis
“I feel very strongly that our opposition to racism and to sexism and our support for equality before the law and an independent judiciary are hugely important considerations in the House of Commons.” Take all your political preferences away, read that sentence again, and tell me if it is not politically impartial. That's where we have come to in this so called great nation. It is a situation where, despite all the screaming and ...