A Handful of Idiots …

A Handful of Idiots …

The upcoming mid-term elections in November are drawing all manners of idiots out of the woodwork.  We the sensible, we the intelligent, we the humanitarians, we who wish sanity in our government, are going to have our work cut out for us in the next nine months!  In...
A LESSON ON TORY CLASSINESS FROM AN EXPERT

A LESSON ON TORY CLASSINESS FROM AN EXPERT

Her Serene Whatsit Her Nobleness The Grand Duchess Gloriana of Mayfair, otherwise known to readers of this blog as Mrs Moan, has blocked me on Twitter, a fact which I share with some pride. I only found out because she is having some spat with Stewart McDonald over...
Getting out of Universal Credit

Getting out of Universal Credit

When Universal Credit was brought in it was described as a lobster-pot system: once you were in there was no way back onto the older benefits. BUT for people in areas that have not yet had the Universal Credit Full Service roll out, there is a possible escape route,...
On Black History Month

On Black History Month

It is easy to lose sight of many things with all the hoopla that comes out of Washington, D.C. these days.  Things that might otherwise be front-page news, are relegated to a paragraph of small print somewhere in the clutter.  February is Black History Month in the...