Animals
Larry’s Diary, Week Three Hundred And Fifteen
Monday Good morning, my friends, this is the start of a huge week in Number 10. No, it is not Legohead hanging on by his fingertips, it is more important than that. On Sunday it [more…]
Keir Starmer
Authoritarianism
Digital ID
Something thing you occasionally hear when earwigging in cafes/pubs/supermarkets is “It just isn’t that big of a deal,” or “It just won’t get to that,” or “Why do you always think the worst of everything?”. (‘Ow mooch ?” in Yorkshire). [more…]
America
The Chagos fiasco
The Chagos Islands were first discovered by the Portuguese hence the names of the various islands. The first people to make use of the islands were the French when they created coconut oil plantations in [more…]
Labour
13, or thereabouts, U turns
It seems there are more than 12 U-turns but it does depend how you count them. Let’s list them Mandatory digital ID for workers Watered down to not being mandatory in every case. Winter Fuel [more…]
Labour
Safe Routes
We never stop hearing about safe routes for migrants as opposed to paying some dodgy Albanian or Afghan, jumping in a dinghy and braving the waves for a few hundred metres to a waiting taxi [more…]
Animals
Larry’s Diary, Week Three Hundred And Four
Monday Good morning, my friends. Lovely and sunny this morning but cold again. So, they have recaptured the escaped Epping sex criminal. I feel a little sorry for him as more of the story emerges. [more…]
Animals
Larry’s Diary, Week Three Hundred And Two
Monday Good morning, peeps, from a dull and grey Downing Street. The mood here today is quite good because Legohead is away again. It’s amusing how every time there is a problem at home, he [more…]
Animals
Larry’s Diary, Week Two Hundred And Ninety-Eight
Monday Good morning friends, a bit of watery sun and not very warm when I trotted down the garden this morning. What a huge crowd in London on Saturday, it was amazing and it was [more…]
Elections
Waking Ned?
The commentariat believe that the political tectonic plates are moving. Certainly, Sir Keir Starmer seems beleaguered, unhappy and so far away from control that historians will marvel that the largest parliamentary majority in Labour history [more…]