Judge compares three women robbers to “over-the-hill slappers”
While going through the UK news from last week, I happened upon an interesting story. A not-so-merry band of thieving women were up before a judge to be sentenced for their role in a robbery. In...
View ArticleOur political journalists
I don't know if I will ever understand the blinkered reasonings of the lazy political journalists that inhabit the UK. Obviously, there are exceptions, but most of them appear just to swallow...
View ArticleMore on our political journalists
A follow-up to my recent post about our political journalists. I find it somewhat amusing the way Gordon Brown's downfall has been predicted again and again by the so-called 'analysts' and 'experts'...
View ArticleThe hypocrisy of Gordon Brown
So Gordon Brown is now lecturing us to stop wasting food? This from a man who, as Chancellor, threw away almost £2bn of taxpayer money every year on overpaid tax credits (see here and here). A man...
View ArticleHarriet Harman on PMQs
I have just had the dubious pleasure of watching Harriet Harman blunder her way through Prime Minister's Questions. For all that, she still did better than Brown on his best day.
View ArticleLabour’s delusion
Much talk in the press about Labour MPs and ministers plotting to unseat the hapless Gordon Brown. For some reason, they seem to think that he is the root of all their current woes. They do not...
View ArticleLabour’s cowardice
Every morning, I check the latest UK news to see how things are going in the annual Labour leadership selection. Every morning, the news is the same as the day before. Much muttering and grumbling from...
View ArticleNo change
It's been a while since I posted here. In all that time, not much has changed in UK politics. The hapless Gordon Brown is still seated uneasily on his throne, and things continue as they were. The...
View ArticleDavid Cairns and his resignation letter
A previously unheard-of Government Minister resigned today. David Cairns (for that is his name) is unhappy with Gordon Brown's leadership, and feels that he can no longer serve under him. I have just...
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