Arts
The Day I Kicked The TV Habit
The first of August 2022 marked the second anniversary of the day I kicked the TV habit, and binned the Telly Tax. I wasn’t that surprised at how easy it was to give up watching [more…]
Media
Arts
The Insanity of Goodwill
The definition of insanity attributed to Albert Einstein is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. Lets apply that definition to the current economic and political climate. The current price rises [more…]
Arts
Always Worth Saying’s Tory Leadership Debate Review
Leadership Debate 4th August 2022 Present: Rishi Sunak Liz Truss Kay Burley (Moderator) Venue: London It is not uncommon to hear of someone missing a plane that subsequently crashes. No doubt there were some on [more…]
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Always Worth Saying’s Tory Leadership Debate Review
Leadershiop Debate 25th July 2022 Contenders: Rishi Sunak Liz Truss Venue: Stoke-on-Trent Monday saw the first televised leadership clash in a disappointing Tory leadership contest that has seen the number of contestants reduced to the [more…]
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Tory Leadership Runners & Riders
This was supposed to be a review of Tuesday’s SKY News televised Tory Party leadership debate but the cream of the party didn’t turn up. I wonder why? These TV debates have a chequered history. [more…]
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Always Saying’s Question Time Review
Question Time 14th July 2022 The Panel: Bim Afolami (Conservative) Chris Bryant (Labour) Minette Batters (NFU) Mary Bousted (NEU) Olivia Utley (Daily Telegraph) Venue: Torquay One of the Berkshire Afolami’s, Bim’s hard-up NHS worker parents [more…]
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Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review
Question Time 7th July 2022 The Panel: Dehenna Davison (Conservative) Bridget Phillipson (Labour) Tim Stanley (Daily Telegraph) Winston Marshall (Musician) Alastair Campbell (Former No10 Press Secretary) Venue: Barnsley Happy memories of Barnsley. Seriously. There are [more…]
20th Century
The Wickedest Man in History
This is my uncle John Alldridge’s article for the Manchester Evening News on the 10th anniversary of Hitler’s death on 30 April, 1945 – Jerry F By today it was clear the Reichswehr had had [more…]
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Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review
Question Time 30th June 2022 The Panel: Craig Hoy (Conservative) Pam Duncan-Glancy (Labour) Angus Robertson (SNP) Fraser Nelson (The Spectator) Susie McCabe (Comedian) Venue: Inverness If Puffins think Nish Kumar is un-funny their paths have [more…]