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A Plutocrats’ Tour of The North, Part Eight

25th July 2026 Always Worth Saying 0

The phrase “grim up north” lingers in the national imagination and conjures images of soot-stained skylines, struggling towns, and industries long past their prime. Yet this caricature of tired decline obscures another, less frequently told [more…]

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Bombs and Betrayal, Chapter Ten

25th July 2026 Going Postal 0

When they had ordered the food and a bottle of wine, Jane asked how the meetings had gone today. “You probably know already, the meetings with the PM and the Home Secretary were both the [more…]

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Fabulously Flamboyant Fridays: Back To The Future

24th July 2026 Going Postal 0

Welcome back my friends, to the flamboyance that never ends, as Fabulously Flamboyant Friday proudly delivers another groin-polished googly from the gasworks-end of contemporary culture. Tonight, dear reader, as we respectfully mark both International Drop [more…]

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A Wet HS2? Part Three

24th July 2026 Always Worth Saying 0

DIP’s nuclear element The vast expense of the nuclear element of the Defence Investment Plan (DIP) – by far its largest commitment – has drawn our focus in two previous articles upon the following: Dreadnought [more…]

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WG’s Summer Cruise, June 2026 – Part Four

23rd July 2026 Going Postal 0

Saturday 20th June – At sea, heading for Gibraltar Today is my birthday and I am sure you all know the saying, “You are only as old as you feel.” Well, today I feel old [more…]

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Labour’s bad boys – Part 21 Dan Norris

23rd July 2026 well_chuffed 0

Dan Norris was the MP for Wansdyke from 1997 to 2010. In 2021 he was elected as Mayor of the West of England until his arrest in April 2025. In the 2024 GE he defeated [more…]

Conservatives

Burnham’s Bee Bus Bollocks

22nd July 2026 Going Postal 0

A Multi-Million Pound Illusion Funded by Tories and Paid for by You Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham never misses an opportunity to boast about his socialist transport “revolution.” To hear him tell it, the Manchester [more…]

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The Sure Way to Destroy a Prosperous Nation

22nd July 2026 Patrick Barron 0

This is not a frivolous claim, but the sure way to destroy a prosperous nation is to debase the currency. History is full of examples, from ancient Rome to the nascent French Republic to Weimar [more…]

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A View From (Just Outside) The Greenhouse; Birds Of A Feather

21st July 2026 Colin Cross 0

I’ve learned to kind of expect the unexpected where the greenhouse is concerned. There’s rarely a day goes by when there aren’t at least one or two (feathered) birds in there, struggling to find its [more…]

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