Jonathon Jay Pollard

12th February 2020 well_chuffed 0

Jonathon Jay Pollard’s name cropped up in Ronen Bergman’s book. The Israelis wanted to attack PLO targets in Tunisia and the USA would not release any details they had about the air defences though it [more…]

Separating the Wheat from the Chaff

13th June 2019 0

Had I been the Starship Enterprise on Monday 3rd June 2019, Scotty would have said “…she can nae take n’more Captain!”. As it happens, warp factor 10 was not attained and the engines were switched [more...]
Confronting The Climate Emergency, Part 5

21st August 2019 0

The fourth meeting of the Holme Valley Parish Council Climate Emergency Steering Group [HVPCCESG] took place on 10/7/19. Unfortunately I was unable to attend this rearranged meeting and sent my apologies. Interesting facts: Carbon dioxide [more...]
Putting Pen to Paper

1st November 2019 0

Today 1st November is not, as we once hoped, Independence Day but it is International Fountain Pen Day. It is the ideal day to confess that, occasionally setting the keyboard aside, I indulge in watching [more...]
Roger Ackroyd’s Question Time Review

15th March 2019 0

Question Time 14th March 2019 Panel: Julia Hartley Brewer (journalist. Leaver) James Cleverly (Tory. Leaver – soft wing) Ian Blackford (SNP – Remainer) Clive Lewis (Labour – “on yer knees bitch” Remainer) Catherine Bernard (professor [more...]
Going Postal with Question Time

21st February 2019 0

Graphic EJ – Updated by Sam. Fiona Bruce presents debate from Chester. On the panel are the financial secretary to the treasury Mel Stride MP, shadow transport secretary Andy McDonald MP, shadow transport secretary Chris [more...]