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Month: September 2025

Democracy

Labour Deputy Leadership Runners, Riders, Fallers & Refusals

12th September 2025 Always Worth Saying 0

As nominations closed for the Labour Deputy leadership election there were six candidates. Who were they and what happened to them? Read on! Paula Barker Fifty-three-year-old Paula is from Merseyside, was raised by a single [more…]

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Jinnie’s Story, Book Eight – Chapter Twenty-Eight

11th September 2025 Going Postal 0

Paolo drove the Toyota into the space at the Cruise Port he was directed to park in by sailors from HMS Prince George. He was behind a Jaguar and next to a gold Bentley Continental [more…]

America

Ray Sizzum

11th September 2025 well_chuffed 0

Many of us will have realised that racism in the United States is much worse than it is here, not that idiots like Femi and the Tottenham Turnip would accept that. Much has been written [more…]

Arts

Ocean-to-Ocean, Part 1

10th September 2025 Going Postal 0

Having finally become a Puffin-of-leisure in June 2024, I decided that it was time to start making use of my new-found freedom and begin travelling again, something I had previously enjoyed but which was rudely [more…]

Human Interest

The Italian Job, Part 8

10th September 2025 Going Postal 0

Well, today was the day, Wednesday 21st March 2012…. Sadly, Alison’s cross to bear was another disturbed night thanks to my snoring and as much as I tried to do her a favour by staying [more…]

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Star Trek Continues – Web Series Review, Part 1

9th September 2025 Going Postal 0

I have fond memories of sitting on the sofa next to my dad in the mid-1970s watching Star Trek on BBC 1 on a Saturday evening.  I would have been about 6 or 7 at [more…]

Economics

The Distraction of the “Gross National Product” Economic Metric

9th September 2025 Patrick Barron 0

For many years now it seems that the state of a nation’s economic health has been reduced, at least in the mainstream press, to one metric—Gross National Product (GDP). Despite rising prices, increasing public and [more…]

Engineering

Solar Panel Installation for Dummies

8th September 2025 Going Postal 0

I thought I might share my limited knowledge and experience with fellow GPers regarding solar panels or solar PV. From Wiki: ‘Photovoltaics (PV) is the conversion of light into electricity using semiconducting materials that exhibit the [more…]

Labour

Was it a disappointment?

8th September 2025 well_chuffed 0

In answer to that I can only say it was on the disappointing side. What you ask. The ministerial reshuffle of course. Bit of musical chairs at the top and alarge clear out at the [more…]

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