The brother-in-law re-built a gorgeous old, rusty, rotten Alpha Spyder. Cut out all the bad bits, welded in new ones and about 3 years later: ta-daaaaah, a fab and pristine car. Then he made me a little Spitfire model. Made it from steel. Old bits of Alpha, bits of other cars he’d nicked as he – Read More-
I experienced 2 crises last night. The second was ‘the cost of living’ crisis. I read the other day that pre-covid the cost of fish’n’chips (our NATIONAL DISH, ffs, it should be subsidised, or free or available on the NHS) was average £6.43. Whereas now the average is £14 and change. But that’s not in – Read More-
What is wrong with all those fucking Canadians? Ok, so they’ve been ‘independent’ since 1867, but that was independence from us. From me. From the British. But were they ever really independent from America? The relationship has been symbiotic. It has worked really well for 150 years. Until along came… Donald Trump. He wants Canada. – Read More-
Please don’t judge me. I am NOT a vegan. Honest. My shoes are leather. On principle. I eat steak tartare. Again, on principle, because I don’t love it. So you can see, I am a man of principle. The foremost one being: don’t eat it unless it was walking/flying/swimming/crawling (eeeuuuuwww) more than a few days – Read More-
All the talk is about jobs for the kids. Where they gonna work? How will they compete with AI, particularly if they don’t posses much non-artificial intelligence? Where are the ‘starting jobs’? Which you can’t get without experience, but how you gonna get experience if no-one will employ you? Should you go to university or – Read More-
Next week Mel and I are headed to northern France. Mel wants to see it and I want to drive somewhere. Don’t care where. Le Touquet is as good as anywhere. Hit the road, Jack. Why we’re actually going over to Calais is to see some boats launching. We’ve seen them arrive here for years, – Read More-
Never doubt the power of the press. The ‘wonderfully impartial’ BBC, whose news is my daily obsession, even though I hate 72% of what they say, and more importantly, THE WAY THEY SAY IT, demonstrated this last night. With just one ‘throw away’ sentence. When speaking of the beloved Harry & Meg, the newsreader told – Read More-
We have such a fabulous squad this season. We bought Tonali; he’s great, now he’s out of prison over his gambling… commitments; we have Fernandes who was deemed even too good to play for West Ham, and now we’re getting Savinho from Manchester City. As well as another big Dutchman in defence to create a – Read More-
So poor Jason Arday goes from international hate-figure, cheat, scam-artist, liar, plagiarist and truth-avoiding con-man, to ‘poor fallen hero’, with just one… overdose? rope around the neck?? hari-kiri??? And all because of… Me. I am the problem. I wrote a post about Jason and he topped himself. I never knew he read my rants. Ok, – Read More-
Last night… It fucking rained!!! I hate the rain; my very clean car got wet! I have to take a rain-proof jacket on my bike. It’s… wet!!! Stops you having fun outdoors. It’s always bloody rainin’ here. Ok, it hasn’t rained for 6 weeks and the entire country is totally desiccated. This ‘verdant isle’ is – Read More-