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Labour’s bad boys – Part 3 John Stonehouse

29th January 2026 well_chuffed 0

Our John is one of the more interesting cases. There have been multiple accusations of trade union leaders and Labour MPs taking the Russian shilling though you have to ask whether some of them could [more…]

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Labour’s bad boys – Part 2 Hugh Dalton

22nd January 2026 well_chuffed 0

These days Edward Hugh John Neale Dalton, known as Hugh, would be considered one of the good guys but in 1947 he committed one of the worst sins possible in those more genteel times. He [more…]

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Labour’s bad boys – Part 1 Nick Brown

15th January 2026 well_chuffed 0

Nicholas Hugh Brown, known as Nick, born in 1950 in Kent is the object of much speculation, none of it good. He went to the University of Manchester and worked in advertising for Proctor and [more…]

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Labour’s bad boys – the intro

17th December 2025 well_chuffed 0

A series on Labour’s bad boys has been suggested. At first sight it seemed akin to climbing Everest, there are just so many but on reflection, as one of the current phrases goes, it is [more…]

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A View From The Greenhouse, Edizione Apulia; Seconda Parte (All In It Together)

1st October 2024 Colin Cross 0

The hotel outside Matera is new and consequently very modern, the food in the restaurant was pretty good, but the waiting staff knew we were a tour party and treated us accordingly. Not rude, as [more…]

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A View From The Greenhouse; The Un-flushable Turd

25th April 2023 Colin Cross 0

Life carries on apace and although the weather still refuses to settle down, there’s always time in my horrendously busy schedule to take a walk, often with my camera and occasionally with a group of [more…]

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Plant Tending In A Pandemic; Untying The Gordian Knot

8th September 2021 Colin Cross 0

My reference to “untying the Gordian Knot” is somewhat ethereal. I’ve been giving some though to the complex threads that underpin the whole Covid “debate” whilst, at the same time, taking some note of which [more…]

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