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Religion

Papa has landed

Today is a special day in my family. It would have been my father’s 85th birthday. Today is also the day in…
General

Going Smokeless

What seems now like an age ago, a work colleague pointed me in the direction of a web site selling these here…
Religion

Double standard anyone?

Some may remember that, in February last year, the then Home Secretary, Jacqui Smith, banned the egregious Fred Phelps and his equally…
Politics

Milking Milton

The Spanish philosopher Geroge Santayana once wrote “Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it.” You would think that…
General

All this and more for £1.94

Oh – the joy of Ebay. The names have been changed to protect the guilty. From: Buyer To: Vendor Subject: Buyer has…
General

Much Wringing of Hands

It’s very sad that we’ve had two highly disturbed loons go crazy with a gun in such a short space of time.…
Politics

The REAL outrage …

Whatever the final result – and at this time of the morning it’s still unclear who will end up in Number 10…
Politics

Before you vote tomorrow …

… remember a few things. Remember the Winter of Discontent, the Three Day Week and the Miners’ Strike. Remember the Poll Tax,…