I read the newspaper every day. Its a habit. Like smoking. Feels nice at the time but there’s no benefit in it long term. I read it ‘in paper’ format. Because computers cause cancer. Blindness. Brain damage. Sterility. Heart failure. The radiation from your screen can turn you into a zombie (that bit’s true), into – Read More-
Now I’m excited about football again. Now its getting a bit more ‘real’ out there. In the trenches. At the front line. Now the season’s well past its ‘start’, which lasts for at least 3 months, though I can’t work out why, then suddenly, WE’RE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SEASON!!!! So now the points – Read More-
35 years ago my life changed. I was going on a tennis holiday, early start so spent the night before at Dom’s place in Maida Vale. He called it ‘Little Venice’ but he’s always been a pretentious fucker. And I didn’t have a book to take away. So he gave me a book. Firestarter. Stephen – Read More-
The voting’s done, the celebrations celebrated, the back-slapping… slapped and thus the recriminations, excuses, scapegoating and rebuilding begins. And it starts with the Conservatives. Who now enjoy almost unlimited power, which is definitely a two-edged sword, but we can only wait and see. They also have to consider an entirely new electorate. No-one in Stoke – Read More-
This was emphatically NOT a drastic and immense defeat for the toxic anti-Semitic, Stalinist moron and his cohorts. Not at all. Nothing like that. It was just a re-definition of the word ‘few’. That’s all. A blip. A hitch. A minor set-back in the rise of Britain’s alignment with Moscow, Venezuela, North Korea, Iran and – Read More-
Normally, on the day of a General Election, I’d say ‘the talking’s over’. But this time I have to say, ‘the shouting, swearing, lying, cheating, obfuscating, disseminating, miscalculations, economy with the truth and character assassinations are over’. It’s been dirty. It’s been mean. It’s been a slanging match, a slagging match, a fistfight, a brawl – Read More-
Just a quick PS to yesterday’s post about this kid on the floor of A & E at Leeds infirmary. As it now transpires, amid very strong rumours, that said pic-chure was a ‘put-up’ job. He laid down, mum took photos, he got up and they walked away. Mum then hit the social media. And – Read More-
I know this is 2019 and we spend half our time signing little online waivers about cookies and ‘personal data’ and how it won’t be shared, divided, used against us in a court of law, sold to third parties, especially the Labour Party. But we don’t think about that. You can’t access that link or – Read More-
Our two esteemed (phah) political leaders have been accusing each other of politicising major events. Like the London Bridge attack. Jeremy Corbyn in particular feels this to be inappropriate. And yet yesterday had no qualms about holding up a photo of a 4 year-old boy, suffering with pneumonia, being treated on the floor of the – Read More-
You know you’re getting old when they keep sending you ‘invitations’. Not for parties, no longer for raves, orgies, toga nights, to play for Spurs at right back cos Aurier’s injured, nuffink like that. You get invitations to have health checks. In addition to all the ones you have because bits have broken. So, having – Read More-