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Month: March 2024

Elections

Polling Predictions #5

17th March 2024 well_chuffed 1642 Comments

Another week of polls goes by and life ain’t getting any better for the midget ensconced in Number 10. I am very happy to announce that the bad poll news for the Tories worsens by [more…]

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Larry’s Diary – Week Two Hundred And Twenty-Six

17th March 2024 Going Postal 2193 Comments

Monday Morning all and my prayers have been answered this morning, it’s beautifully sunny this morning. It’s still not that warm but I love the sunshine. I see that Penny Mordent is selling that striking [more…]

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Always Worth Saying’s Car Review, Part Three

16th March 2024 Always Worth Saying 1569 Comments

After boring Puffins and Mr Thrifty’s car hire with my vehicle history and a sorry tale of having to rent a car for a Cheshire Set party (while mine was being repaired following an Act [more…]

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The Platform at Aston Rowant

16th March 2024 Joe Slater 2607 Comments

From Aston Rowant to Kingston Blount From halt to halt, it beetled west For miles below the Chiltern crest A country line, of no account .. Now trains no longer skirt these hills And fencing [more…]

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The Young Gods – L’Eau Rouge (1989)

15th March 2024 Going Postal 2547 Comments

A friend and I, in an effort to broaden our musical appreciation, agreed to listen to and review albums we would never normally listen to. Due to the effort this involved, the scope broadened after [more…]

Arts

Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review

15th March 2024 Always Worth Saying 2452 Comments

Question Time 14th March 2024 The Panel: Lee Rowley (Conservative) Jonathan Reynolds (Labour) Stephen Flynn (SNP) Ayesha Hazarika (Broadcaster) Melanie Phillips (Columnist and author) Venue: Liverpool Question one, will redefining extremism prevent extremism? We hope [more…]

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Jinnie’s Story – Book Six, Chapter Twenty-One

14th March 2024 Going Postal 2138 Comments

On the way back from visiting the two new Aunty JoJo’s sites, Jinnie expressed her satisfaction at how well things in Barbados were going to Belinda. Belinda asked if she had plans for more branches [more…]

Authoritarianism

Sound Individualism vs Toxic Collectivism

14th March 2024 Going Postal 2374 Comments

When it comes to the State, however, and all its ministries, branches and institutions, a very different set of rules seems to apply – a much more lenient, flexible and liberal one. For example, the [more…]

18th Century

How Napoleon went from ‘Cannibal’ to ‘Majesty’ in 20 days

13th March 2024 Going Postal 1784 Comments

In French history, the period from March 1 to March 20, 1815 is known as Le Vol de l’Aigle: the Flight of the Eagle. The Eagle, of course, was Napoleon – the diminutive Corsican whose [more…]

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