Monthly Archives: January 2011

TweetExcellent news! … And many congratulations to Caron on entering the highly exclusive “Three posts in the Golden Dozen in one week” club! Tweet This Post Tweet

TweetIt’s easy to take simple things in life for granted. Like food and warmth. Sleep is something you don’t realise is so precious until you can’t sleep – night after night. In late 2000 I couldn’t sleep for many nights … Continue reading →

Tweet As a visitor to Hampstead yesterday, this newsstand poster for the Hampstead and Highgate Express took me somewhat by surprise…Seeing it was a bit of a surreal experience really. Are overweight police normally hypnotised in Hampstead and Highgate? It seems that, … Continue reading →

TweetWell, it seems it might be an 11 Downing Street rat, but, whatever, the rat-catcher arrived this week to do his dirty. Tweet This Post Tweet

TweetIf there’s one person about whom I could easily be provoked to make a Tweet which could get me charged by the Crown Prosecution Service, it is Katie Hopkins. Putting my venom aside, I would simply pick her up on … Continue reading →

Tweet…Because the form won’t accept carriage return. Trust me, it took me over an hour and a lot of cutting and pasting to find out. …Only 3 days to go, by the way. Tweet This Post Tweet

TweetThis is humour, I should emphasise, from “Harry and Paul”. (Hurrah for them.) But after events this week, it’s a bit near the knuckle or bang on the button, whichever way you want to look at it. Tweet This Post … Continue reading →

Tweet When my daughter was smaller, I used to watch CBBC with her. One of our favourite programmes was Newsround and especially Gavin Ramjaun, or “Gavvie” as we used to call him. The geat thing about Gavin was that when … Continue reading →

TweetThe producer has previously explained that Midsomer Murders’ DCI Tom Barnaby will not die, but simply retire. The reason, he explained, is because there is such a vast (presumably lucrative) industry engaged in showing repeat cycles of Midsomer Murders at numerous … Continue reading →

TweetWhat a sad figure Lord Taylor of Warwick is! Many of us remember the somewhat disgraceful behaviour of some members of the Conservative party in Cheltenham at the 1992 election. Taylor lost and our Nigel Jones won, amidst acrimony based on … Continue reading →

TweetCross-posted from Liberal Democrat Voice Good Lord! Ed Miliband and David Cameron actually agreed on something. They agreed that yesterday’s growth figures were “disappointing”. They even agreed that if you set aside the bad weather impact, the figures were flat … Continue reading →

TweetThere’s an interesting Channel 4 News Fact Check here: It puts Ed Miliband’s statement at Prime Minister’s Questions yesterday: He (David Cameron) is going too far and too fast with deficit reduction and that is what is inhibiting growth in … Continue reading →

TweetThere’s normally a Republican response to the President’s State of the Union address. This year there were two Republican responses, including one on behalf of the Tea Party by Michele Bachmann.  …How to shoot yourself in the feet in one easy … Continue reading →

Tweet photo credit: infomatique You have to chuckle at the promotion of Gerry Adams to be Steward and Bailiff of the Manor of Northstead (which is in North Yorkshire). Understandably, he didn’t follow tradition and apply for the post, but … Continue reading →

TweetThere is no cat in Downing Street. Ever since Sybil, Mr Darling’s cat died in July 2009, there has been no Downing Street cat. And yesterday we heard of the refusal of Number Ten to bring back a cat into Downing Street. … Continue reading →

Tweet First there was a large rat running across the 10 Downing Street doorstep behind the BBC’s Gary O’Donoghue during a live televised report. Now there’s more video evidence here of the 10 Downing Street rats running back and forwards … Continue reading →

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