Elections
Polling Predictions #4
Well here we are for the fourth time with a brief look at the opinion polls. Don’t trust them an inch but rather look at the trends. It is with great delight that I can [more…]
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Animals
Larry’s Diary – Week Two Hundred And Twenty-Five
Monday Hi folks, it’s another working week and surprise, surprise it’s raining again. I see The Donald has won the Republican Primary election in South Carolina, trouncing his opponent Nikki Haley by 59.8% to 30.5%. [more…]
Human Interest
Always Worth Saying’s Car Review, Part Two
The businessman’s businessman, over the phone Mr Thrifty confided since the pandemic I was only his 6th customer. They now rent to trade and for insurance purposes rather than to passing trade or to those [more…]
Biography
Going Postal, Part Three
Just before 2000, I decided to give up a well-paid job and comfortable life in Japan to make a new start in my homeland. I had bought a share in a house in south London, [more…]
Arts
Fabulously Flamboyant Fridays: Birmingham
Greetings pop pickers and welcome to another Fabulously Flamboyant Friday – our fortnightly puddle-jumping jaunt in the perfumed garden of musical mastication. This week we’ll wipe down the balti bowl of bhangra with the garlic [more…]
Arts
Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review
Question Time 7th March 2024 The Panel: David TC Davies (Conservative) Nick Thomas-Symonds (Labour) Rhun ap Iorwerth (Plaid Cymru) Stephanie Flanders (Economist and Journalist) Guto Harri (Former No 10 Adviser) Venue: Cardiff Eagle-eyed Puffins will [more…]
Fiction
Jinnie’s Story – Book Six, Chapter Twenty
The luggage had arrived at the suite shortly after Ajay had left them and despite his saying that it was part of a butler’s duty to unpack for passengers, Jinnie didn’t fancy a stranger doing [more…]
Communism
Plugging away – the story of an FOI request
Although I do some project management stuff from time to time as part of my daily grind I am by no means an expert, but I do properly understand the basics. I was pondering the [more…]
Arts
To Wawa and Beyond
The rooster started crowing at 3 am, which then set the dogs off. The barking went on for a while then a motorbike without a silencer went roaring past. It must have been 3-45am when [more…]