Elections
Aspirations
One of the things that has puzzled me over many years is why governments don’t reverse laws they don’t approve of that have been passed by another party. It seems that in our unwritten constitution [more…]
Articles by well_chuffed
20th Century
My Uncle David
My dad was one of eight brothers. The oldest of these, born in 1915, was called David. I can remember him from the 1950s but he was always a bit distant, a bit odd in [more…]
Politics
Local Gummint
Local government in England is a mess. I have recollections of films from the 1940s where there was an insignificant looking little man called the Town Clerk who used to run the show. These days [more…]
Authoritarianism
Only Parties in the Centre win
Now we have had a few weeks of Keith doing his best to send us down the plughole without realising that people didn’t vote for him, they voted against NikNak let’s recap election strategies, So [more…]
Authoritarianism
Conservatives
The Tory leadership farce
The latest news from the Tory leadership campaign is firstly the six candidates have all decided there is no place in the Party for Nigel Farage. Even the hindu dwarf said it was a broad [more…]
Elections
General Elections 1959 to 2024
After the predictable but sickening claims by Labour that they have a mandate following the 2024 election it is time to check out what happened previously. The sight of Crayons with a permanent smug look [more…]
Authoritarianism
Elections
Leaving on a jet plane
So many broken promises, so many empty seats and we are deprived of watching the door hit their backside as they exit stage left. In a fit of chutzpah rarely equalled in modern times Charlie [more…]