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Justice For Ellie? – New Developments

11th January 2025 Always Worth Saying 2729 Comments

The UK grooming scandal, better described as the Muslim paedophile rape of hundreds of thousands of British girls, increased in profile recently as Safeguarding Minister Jess Phillips refused calls from Oldham Council for a national [more…]

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Taleb A. – An Untypical Terrorist?

28th December 2024 Always Worth Saying 1874 Comments

Labelled by mainstream media as an untypical terrorist and referred to by the German legal system as Taleb A., Taleb Jawad H al-Abdulmohsen was born into a Shiite family in February 1974 in the Saudi [more…]

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Christmas Past

21st December 2024 Always Worth Saying 2296 Comments

If you think I can remember 1924, you’re wrong. One relies upon our friends at the British Newspaper Archive. Ten decades ago some newspapers did publish on Christmas Day. The Sutton & Epsom Advertiser was [more…]

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Publicans Win Diploma For Bar Etiquette

17th December 2024 Going Postal 1736 Comments

One secret: No politics As fine a figure of an English landlord (he tips the scale at nearly 17 stones) as ever drew a pint of old-and-mild is Mr. Alfred Leslie Farrell, “mine host” of [more…]

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Every Button is a Bit of France

3rd December 2024 Going Postal 2635 Comments

18 August 1944 Ten minutes ago the shock-headed young signalman came swaying across the signals deck and grinned at me. He made a noise like a dive-bomber and his hands mimed an Focke-Wulf Fw 190 [more…]

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Algiers in May 1944, By John Alldridge

26th November 2024 Going Postal 2603 Comments

The stout proprietor of the Cafe de la Liberte across the street was tugging down the yellow and red striped awning as I passed him this morning. In the lounge of the Aletti Hotel they [more…]

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The Barbers of Palermo

19th November 2024 Going Postal 3478 Comments

22 January 1944 And so we came to Palermo. A crumbling, pink-and-white little town where they sell oranges and almonds and mandolins and guitars, and very little else. Such an insignificant little town that even [more…]

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UN Human Rights Council Cannot Be Relied On

13th November 2024 Going Postal 2580 Comments

If the US and Israel can unilaterally decide who lives or who dies in this world, and suffer no sanctions, then we are truly living in terrifying times. October 16, 2024 I don’t know why [more…]

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John Alldridge Meets Douglas Bader

7th November 2024 Going Postal 3458 Comments

In September 1955, the Manchester Evening News sent my uncle to interview Group Captain Douglas Bader – Jerry F There was a time — not so long ago — when for seven weary months I [more…]

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