I’m deeply impressed by author, Richard Flanagan. Deeply. He has won both the Booker prize (non-fiction) and now the ‘Baillie Gifford’ for the same book. The latter is worth 50 grand. Which Flanagan turned down. Well done Richard!!! A man of total principle and dedication to the cause. Which cause? Oh, Baillie Gifford, a massive – Read More-
As we stand on the verge of World War 3, The Final Countdown!!, (I thought this one deserved a subtitle as its firstly a sequel and secondly, possibly the last in the series, if not the planet), it is time to stand up and be counted. Time to be a man. Even if you’re a – Read More-
The one good thing about Trump being US president is that he’ll ban ‘woke’ from the entire nation. Once more Americans can call a spade a spade. Or whatever else they wish to call him. Or her. See, I’m so programmed never to presume your pronouns that I have to qualify every sentence within a – Read More-
Would you be surprised if the new manager at Tehran Football Club was a woman? Possibly a gay woman?? How about if the new driver announced by McLaren’s F1 team was a man blind from birth? What about appointing Gary Glitter as the headteacher at your local Primary School? All pretty funny/sad/impossible/tragic.And yet that is – Read More-
Justin Welby has resigned and there’ll be a new Justin Welby elected later by some Synod or enclave or whatever is the collective term for a bunch’a people wearing silly hats. He had to go, there was no way back. To ‘not take action’ when child abuse is suspected is to be complicit. And he – Read More-
MATCH OF THE DAY WILL NEVER BE THE SAME AGAIN!!!!! I keep reading how the BBC are ‘worried’ that once smug, arrogant tosspot Gary Lineker leaves next summer, ‘that MOTD may not survive!!!’ So let’s think about that just before we get on to the belated departure (should have been kicked out 5 years ago) – Read More-
I want to talk about football. About my team. About Tottenham. And about injustice. About evil forces. About a lack of a supreme diety. And about Lila. Because she was there. So we need to include ‘child abuse’ in Tottenham’s list of failures and crimes. No child should have to be made to suffer like – Read More-
You’ll know when the world’s ending because the bible gave us lots of clues to look out for. “Nation fighting nation” is one of them. And as that’s pretty much a constant since humans evolved, we can tick that box. “Food shortages” is another, exacerbated by one of the horsemen of the apocalypse. Well last – Read More-
I make that three assassination attempts so far. That we know of!!! And all three have failed. The first one either by fortuitous turn of the head or by sniper ineptitude, the second because walking round a golf course which has 635 security guards whilst carrying an assault rifle over your shoulder may possibly attract – Read More-
When you fight an election you only have two choices: continuity or change. Which is why the Starmers used the ‘c’-word… ok, they’re both ‘c’-words, used the word ‘change’, during the whole election campaign, 7,324,092 times. I’ve counted. The Tories promised continuity because the economy was ‘on the right track’ and Boris was nowhere in – Read More-