Politics

Rising from Obscurity

8th December 2025 well_chuffed 0

We’ve all noticed them. A new face suddenly appearing on all sorts of TV shows or being elected into a highish office. What I still don’t know is who chooses them and why are they [more…]

Larry’s Diary, Week Three Hundred And Eight

7th December 2025 Going Postal 0

Monday Good morning my friends, and welcome to another week of my musings. Bright and sunny this morning, but it is colder than yesterday. So Legohead thinks that being critical of Robber Reeves is sexist. [more…]

3p per mile

4th December 2025 well_chuffed 0

It has been pointed out a few times that the November 2025 budget has many changes to taxes and rates but many don’t come in to effect until after the May elections. Are Labour running [more…]

Immigration, unemployment and publicity

3rd December 2025 Going Postal 0

When all else has failed, our great leaders and civil servants usually revert to telling us we need immigrants to ‘do the jobs the British won’t do’ (even when those jobs were only advertised abroad, [more…]

Overland to Russia, Part Three

2nd December 2025 Joe Slater 0

“So how are things in Russia today?” The taxi driver was a burly, working-class man in his 50s; I imagined a brickie now too old for the game. He thought briefly and mumbled a reply [more…]

What will come first?

1st December 2025 Rookwood 0

I must admit that I have been feeling a bit guilty of late. Twice now, Swiss Bob has appealed for new articles and I have gone through all sorts of internal machinations considering not only [more…]

Larry’s Diary, Week Three Hundred And Seven

30th November 2025 Going Postal 0

Monday Good morning my friends, dry but very chilly this morning when I popped out. The story doing the rounds here in Number 10 is that the Ginger Growler is on manoeuvres to challenge Legohead [more…]

Rachel Reeves. Avoid

29th November 2025 Always Worth Saying 0

“I wasn’t born into this,” wailed Rachel Reeves, as she alternated between blaming misogyny and everyone else for the expectation-management debacle leading up to last Wednesday’s budget. Reeves even held an unprecedented press conference, pointing [more…]