Three degrees outside. Winter draws on. 🙂
Birmingham pub blasts kill 21
21st November 1974 Bombs have devastated two central Birmingham pubs, killing 19* people and injuring over 180. Police have said they believe the Provisional IRA planted the devices in the Mulberry Bush and the nearby Tavern in the Town. The two blasts were only seconds apart and happened at about 2030 GMT, when the bars […]
I Am Happy
The Government says so. Also, I am wetting myself with excitement at the prospect of having to have an ID card. Like Jacqui Smith says “I regularly have people coming up to me and saying they don’t want to wait that long.” Well, that’s me, I just can’t wait. Heck, of course I’m happy, interest […]
Feeding Time
Daddy, how are there two Doctor Whos?
Lost In Translation
When officials asked for the Welsh translation of a road sign, they thought the reply was what they needed. Unfortunately, the e-mail response to Swansea council said in Welsh: “I am not in the office at the moment. Please send any work to be translated.” BBC You know, I have always thought having road signs […]
Great Words
“I encourage you all to go shopping more.” George W. Bush December 2006
Something New
Recently, I posted “Oh look, someone has noticed”, remarking on how the Government has suddenly noticed that we have a problem over food security and fuel security. Today we have something new: But Mr Woolas, who became immigration minister in the reshuffle earlier this month, said: “This government isn’t going to allow the population to […]
Persistence
This is the second time (that I have seen) that our cat has chased this squirrel up this little tree. Sneaky little devil hid until the squirrel came back down and then chased off after it again. I think his chances of catching it are slender.
Parental Responsibility
The state of Nebraska passed a law recently that allowed desperate parents to abandon their newborn babies at drop-off points in the state’s hospitals, the idea being that the parent wouldn’t face prosecution and the babies would be cared for. All 50 American states have similar laws, since Texas kicked off the project in 1999, […]
Kerboom
So we must break from the short termism of the past & the economic instability that has characterised the British economy not just in recent years but for most of the century. That is why I want British economic success to be built on the solid rock of prudent and consistent economic management, not the […]