31 December 2015

Still not Last Call

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30 December 2015

Not Last Call

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29 December 2015

Water, water, everywhere ...

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h/t - Helen/Jill
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Quote of the day

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From The Independent ( here ): ... let us roll back a few months to build-up to the 2015 general election. The political consensus was the...
27 December 2015

Misuse of the honours system

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From The Mail Online : Arise, Dame Babs! Eastenders and Carry On star Barbara Windsor heads New Y ear honours list  From The Sunday T...

Music of the week

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They didn't look like this in the 1960s - but, then again, neither do I :
24 December 2015

Where is Rudolf?

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- replaced by robots:
23 December 2015

'Cos it's that time of year ...

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A (not very Christmassy) cartoon for the young at heart:

Remember Afghanistan?

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It has rather been blown off the headlines by Syria and Libya.  But all the familiar villains are in play: Taliban, Al-Quaeda, ISIS, a corr...
21 December 2015

Santa comes to Madrid

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The dismal science

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Whither the economy?   The Guardian   cannot make up its mind : The optimistic way of looking at 2015 is to see it as the pivot between th...
20 December 2015

By their own words shall you know them

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Idiots?   The Sunday Times   reports : LIAM FOX declares today that Britain should leave the European Union, delivering a significant blow...

Photo of the week - Cameron at the EU summit

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He really should not walk around with his hands in his pockets.  As my mother told me when I was a lad, it is the sign of a scruff.  And ...
19 December 2015

Music of the week

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18 December 2015

Not really reassuring?

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Let us not be petty about it.  I'm sure (yeah, honestly, I think) that Mr Ashley will conduct a thorough investigation , maybe? Sports...

His jaiket has fallen off the shoogly peg

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Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not out to get you.  The Special One is no longer special ...  
17 December 2015

Is she bovvered?

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I don't suppose that the First Minister will be unduly upset.   The Times   reports : Donald Trump has rounded angrily on Nicola Sturg...
15 December 2015

Talk is cheap

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From Nick Boles, business minister, ( here ) on the iniquitous Sports Direct: In what appeared to be a pointed warning to Sports Direct...
13 December 2015

Photo of the day

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They could work for the BBC - it insists that its interviewers and commentators wave their hands about.  
12 December 2015

Music of the week

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