Politics

President Donald Trump Rally – Minneapolis, Minnesota

11th October 2019 Going Postal 0

Start time 1.00 am. Featured image: Gage Skidmore – Licence CC BY-SA 2.0

Book Review: A Conflict of Visions: Ideological Origins of Political Struggles by Thomas Sowell – Part 1

10th October 2019 The Black Swan 0

Published by Quill, an imprint of William Morrow & Co. 1988 paperback edition (first published 1987) ISBN 0-688-07951-2 Having reflected on how often he had encountered the concept of ‘visions’ in his work over the [more…]

Ben Elton

9th October 2019 Going Postal 0

I used to enjoy Ben Elton – for The Young Ones, and two of his jokes I still can remember. I even bought his first book, ‘Stark’. He’s making a comeback stand-up tour, I gather. [more…]

Climate Change Protests

7th October 2019 Lugosi 0

Yet another climate protest against our use of fossil fuels. Spokes-persons berate us over air-waves driven by generated electricity carried by steel pylons cemented into the ground. They sit in a studio with its array [more…]

Larry’s Diary Week Six

6th October 2019 Going Postal 0

Monday Forget all this Brexit stuff, the big news of the weekend was that it looks like Bozzie Bear and the Little Otter have adopted a rescue dog. Not any old rescue dog, but a [more…]

Humbug

3rd October 2019 Rookwood 0

Definition: Dishonest language or behaviour that is intended to trick people The recent decision by the Supreme Court to nullify the prorogation of Parliament by Boris Johnson is deeply disturbing in many respects. The level [more…]

Minimum Wage & Crap Politicians

3rd October 2019 Godfrey Bloom 0

Conservatism The Conservative party have yet to understand that the key to post Brexit success is not to replace Brussels with Westminster but set the economy free from the bondage of crippling over regulation & [more…]

Lazarus Johnson

2nd October 2019 Jonathon Davies 0

“When he had said this, Jesus called in a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!” The dead man came out, his hands and feet wrapped with strips of linen, and a cloth around his face.” John 11:43-44 What [more…]

The death of Habeas Corpus

1st October 2019 Rookwood 0

Let me first fire a major pre-emptive shot across the bows of any reader who is a lawyer, judge or indeed any part of the legal system. I am not a lawyer, and apart from [more…]