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West Country Rides, Five

15th July 2025 Joe Slater 2613 Comments

It takes a week to cycle from Penzance to Berwick. It took me 40 years. Because on the way, I wanted to include every town in England, in what amounted to some two years of [more…]

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Kill not cure: the economic prescriptions that failed

15th July 2025 Going Postal 2620 Comments

Introduction In my essay ‘From Socialism to Welfarism: the Betrayal of the Working Class’, I observed that the early socialist thinkers developed their ideas at the peak of the industrial revolution.  Socialist theory was therefore [more…]

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Cruising to the Canaries – Part Two

14th July 2025 Going Postal 2202 Comments

Day 5 – Wednesday, Funchal, Madeira I awoke just after six; it was still dark, so turned over and went back to sleep for another forty minutes. This time it was grey and grotty, and [more…]

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One out, all out – and none in

14th July 2025 well_chuffed 2598 Comments

On Thursday Starmer was cock-a-hoop about his one in one out plan he conjured up with the frog president Micron. The diminutive Napoleon like figure was fresh from losing a court case where he had [more…]

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An Old Man’s Musings Part Thirty-Four

13th July 2025 Going Postal 2097 Comments

I don’t contribute to the unread comments so these scribblings are sometimes a week or so behind events and thoughts shared on the blog. Phaasch, I feel your pain but also the joy. July 4th [more…]

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Larry’s Diary, Week Two Hundred And Eighty-Seven

13th July 2025 Going Postal 2470 Comments

Monday Good morning all, the cat is back! I have had a lovely couple of weeks off and the weather has been pretty good. I have spent lots of time out on my favourite windowsill [more…]

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Great Expectations (of Free Money)

12th July 2025 Always Worth Saying 2230 Comments

‘It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.’ So begins Dickens’s A Tale of Two Cities with a line that might apply as much to the modern-day state of British welfare [more…]

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The Past is Present, Chapter Fourteen

12th July 2025 Going Postal 2605 Comments

Dave watched the car drive off, he pulled on his balaclava pulled down only as far as his forehead, it looked like a woolly hat. He reminded the chief inspector to say nothing, “Listen only, [more…]

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Fabulously Flamboyant Friday: The Day Music Died Pt 3 – Live Aid

11th July 2025 Going Postal 2165 Comments

Greetings pop pickers and please be welcome to tonight’s Fabulously Flamboyant Friday and another of our fortnightly mastications upon the marshmallowy pillows of musical magnificence. In the first two parts of this series we examined [more…]

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