Team 56’s Baptism of Fire

Team 56’s Baptism of Fire

The Palace of Westminster is crumbling, in an image that lazy-arse writers have voted their all-time favourite download from www.bleedinobviousmetaphors.com. BBC News observes that the building’s “full of dangerous relics that need to be removed”, no surprise to...
The Hunts not on

The Hunts not on

    SNP have they been flushed out re fox hunting? The SNP MPs have just announced that they will vote against relaxing the laws on hunting with dogs via the following media release: http://www.snp.org/media-centre/news/2015/jul/snp-fox-hunting-vote SNP...
Young People and the Budget – Worse than we imagined?

Young People and the Budget – Worse than we imagined?

If there is one shaft of light, one crumb of comfort to be drawn from the budget, then it is that finally some serious media attention is being paid to the deal that young people are getting in our society. As I wrote in a previous blog, we’ve known for some time that...
The Striver

The Striver

‘The Striver’© Give that swimmer there a cross What he’s won his brother’s lost Hold his head a little high Put sea water in his eye . Stroke by stroke we’ll train him good Teach him how a sailor should Thrust with harpoon and with net...