Tuesday, December 10, 2019

Parallel worlds

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The election draws ever nearer, and a Tory majority looks all but inevitable now. I hope I'm wrong (as I was wrong about No Deal Brexit ...
Tuesday, July 23, 2019

Broken record argument

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Right now, new Liberal Democrat leader Jo Swinson is being attacked on both sides of the political divide, but mostly by Labour supporters w...
Wednesday, February 13, 2019

Brace yourselves...

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... Here comes No Deal Brexit. In hindsight it was inevitable: a ruling party hijacked by extremists both within its own ranks (the European...
Thursday, November 01, 2018

As 11th November 2018 approaches...

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In September 1914, my great grandfather was - so family legend has it - shipped down to the recruiting office by his Boys' Brigade lea...
Wednesday, June 20, 2018

Fascism has arrived

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Let us be very clear. The United States is now well on the way to becoming a fascist state. Perhaps the most frightening thing about what is...
Monday, April 23, 2018

Albums from my youth, part 2

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Following on from my last blog post... Electric Boys, Funk O Metal Carpet Ride I found out about Swedish funk rockers the Electric Boys...
Thursday, April 19, 2018

Albums from my youth, part 1

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The world's going to shit, and I find myself retreating more and more into the past as some form of escape. Having ripped just about eve...
Monday, October 23, 2017

Songs for the apocalypse

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Right now I'm so despondent about the state of our planet that I can't be bothered to rant. Instead, I've started compiling a li...
Tuesday, March 28, 2017

Darren

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I subjected myself to looking at the comments beneath another Guardian piece on Facebook this morning, and one of the commentators stood out...
Thursday, November 10, 2016

In the absence of Bobby Ewing...

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... What a few days. We're undoubtedly entering a dark time - the election of Trump is likely to be a tipping point, not the bottom of t...
Friday, November 04, 2016

Where's Bobby Ewing when you need him?

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The Western World is crumbling. Democratic institutions are under assault from far-right politicians in both the US and the UK. The Washingt...
Friday, June 24, 2016

So, we voted for Brexit

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They say it's the hope that kills you. When the polls swung back to Remain before last weekend, I actually felt relaxed for the first ti...
Tuesday, June 14, 2016

A stark reminder

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As the UK lurches towards Brexit, an act of self-destruction so breathtaking many in the Remain camp can't quite believe it's happen...
Tuesday, December 29, 2015

A frightening end to 2015

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Here, in the relatively balmy East of England, it's been unseasonably mild and dry over the Christmas period. In the north and west of t...
Monday, August 17, 2015

Goodbye to Nan

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About 15 minutes ago, my grandmother passed away. It's been coming for a while, she was 91 and the last few weeks have been particularly...
Saturday, July 25, 2015

I admire the Tories for one thing...

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... They seem to be able to rile me with a new "initiative" every single day. Since gaining unfettered power on a popular vote of ...
Monday, May 11, 2015

Charlotte Church

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In this blog post , Charlotte Church responds to all those who accuse her of being a champagne Socialist, and who have effectively told her ...
Sunday, May 10, 2015

The Election... One more thing

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Aside from the thrill of getting my Tweet to Adrian Lester outlining my support for 75% FPTP/25% PR Retweeted, that is... Anyway, the fin...
Friday, May 08, 2015

Electoral reform (again)

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I don't hold much truck with those who claim the Lib Dems deserved the mauling they've received. I'm biassed, yes, but I didn...

"It's almost certain we'll have another coalition..."

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Not the first time I've been wrong, and won't be the last time either. Amazing how a minority of the electorate (36% this time round...
Wednesday, May 06, 2015

General Election 2015

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Like so many people, I'm not sure who to vote for tomorrow. I'm pretty sure what I want to vote for, but this time round, none of th...
Wednesday, February 18, 2015

Sunny February days

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Since we bought solar panels in 2013, my appreciation of the weather has changed. Yesterday was cold and chilly, but almost perfect blue ski...
Wednesday, December 31, 2014

2014 in review

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2014 has been an interesting year - one of downs and ups (in that order) from a work point of view, as has been chronicled elsewhere in thi...
Sunday, October 26, 2014

Well, that was fun...

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... Yesterday we picked up the new car. Early signs are, of course, good. Time will tell if it's a good purchase or not, but hopefully t...
Friday, October 10, 2014

A new car

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First, the good news. After 10 years, we've finally decided to wave goodbye to our VW Golf and move on up to an 11-month old Hyundai i20...
Thursday, August 28, 2014

Moving on up (again)

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Once again, the work pendulum swings, but this time it's in an upward direction, despite my pessimistic forecast from earlier this year....
Friday, July 25, 2014

It was 20 years ago today...

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... on Monday, 25th July, 1994*, that I started work for Future Publishing in Bath. A fresh-faced (and soon to be bitter-and-twisted, but th...
Wednesday, May 07, 2014

The decline of the Co-op

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First up, I will not abandon the Co-op in all of its guises at this moment in time. But reading some of the comments to the Guardian's l...
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Sunday, May 04, 2014

The Great Escape

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When I started supporting Birmingham City in 1980, we were a club famed for its successful scrapes against relegation: the 1920s, 1930s, 196...
Friday, May 02, 2014

Scared

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Today's news about Future caps off an "interesting" six months workwise. It began in early December when I lost one-quarter t...