I come to bury Ben, not to praise him… but… Ben Stokes is an England cricketer. Probably, currently, The England Cricketer. And much as you ‘can choose your friends but not your family’, so you can’t either choose who the greatest player of a generation, who is probably the only man in England who can – Read More-
There was an old gun in the ‘wild west’ that was called a ‘Peacemaker’. In America that’s not an ironic name. That’s how they see peace coming about. By shooting all the un-peaceful people. You want peace; buy a gun. They still think like that. And I think that’s Trump’s model for his role as – Read More-
According to a new study in Iowa, (that’s in the middle of America, grows corn, nothing else of any interest within a thousand miles in any direction of it) as we get older we become less likely to admit our mistakes. Oh yes, its true. Proven beyond doubt. Though that ‘doubt’ has more to do – Read More-
Tennis is not a violent game. Can be explosive, can even be fast and furious but its not famous for violence. But that’s because I don’t play Aussie Johnno very often. Probably because he’s an Aussie (these days) and lives ‘over there’, even though he was the Bulawayo (white) boys champion tennis player of 1972. – Read More-
Ahhh, so Jeremy Corbyn finally comes out and admits there is a problem with anti-semitism in the Labour Party. Well, not actually ‘finally’ in that the much-hyped article in today’s Guardian is actually a re-hash of virtually the same article published in the Evening Standard in April. So in terms of immediacy of intentions, I – Read More-
Ok, they’ve put the Bank of England interest rate up by 0.25%, so we need to consider all the implications and ramifications of how, precisely, this will affect me, you, the normal working man, the abnormal working man, the abnormally working women, the clinically depressed, the upwardly mobile, the cross-gender and the postman. So I’ve – Read More-
I’m so relieved. They’ve released Tommy Robinson on bail. Amazing. I’m going to celebrate by having a new swastika tattooed on my fucking face!!! Well how else would you celebrate a victory for the nation’s finest neo-nazi? Though I’m not sure we call them such any longer. Not sure its allowed. Even if they are. – Read More-
There was a debate on Woman’s Hour (a name I PERSONALLY find very offensive, biased and exclusive) about the use of the word ‘guys’ to describe or call a group of people of different genders. As in ‘hey guys (groups of men and women), you’re table’s ready now’. And they asked ‘is this appropriate?’ To – Read More-
Other than Labour devotees of Corbyn, I think ‘we’, the people of Great Britain and the realm of glorious Queen Elizabeth II, bless her bejewelled crown, are a fairly civilised bunch. We like to think we are. Understanding. Compassionate. Humane. And we pretty much, as a nation, are. Until it comes to possibly the most – Read More-
This is my door. My kitchen door. And it looks a mess. As we like it. Because upon that very door are marked the heights of virtually everyone that’s ever walked into our house. Ok, everyone below the age of 16, the older ones are represented more sparsely. The marks are named and dated. So – Read More-