I’m right behind all these people who want the coal mines opened again. Open all the old ones, and hundred new ones, I say! Ignore the climate change objections, they’re bollocks. Only question is… who’s going to work in them? … Continue reading →
Amazing garbage from the Telegraph about Tommy Robinson: One might imagine that a man of Robinson’s beliefs would want to stick to British help rather than the imported variety. But that misses an important fact about the hard Right in Britain. It … Continue reading →
This is actually a good idea: German soldiers used broomsticks painted black instead of guns during a joint Nato exercise last year due to severe equipment shortages, it has emerged. The incident took place during exercises for Nato’s rapid … Continue reading →
The Chancellor warns over Johnson and Hunt’s plans to cut taxes and spend more, which is fair enough. (Personally I think the tax cuts are a good idea, but not the extra spending.) But what is astonishing in what Hammond … Continue reading →
The Chairman of the Midlands Industrial Council, one Johnny Leavesley, tries to present a case for HS2. And does a piss-poor effort. He starts off acknowledging that the case against seems pretty good, admitting, for example, that “The sums involved … Continue reading →
I’ve now got around to responding to a question asked of me by commentator Penseivat in regards to the discussion about getting roads open quicker after accidents. (Penseivat seems to be a generally sound and sensible fellow who has posed me … Continue reading →
The incredible length of time it takes to re-open roads after accidents in the UK is yet another way in which the ruling powers are completely disconnected from ordinary people. This is something I’ve been meaning to write about for … Continue reading →
I visited a primary school today. Do you want to know if it lived up to the stereotype of a modern school or not? Well, the first thing I saw when I came in was climate change messages everywhere. Then … Continue reading →
The government helps itself to more private property: A rare page from Charles Darwin’s On The Origin Of Species has been barred from leaving the UK by the government as a buyer is sought. Look, I can understand the attraction … Continue reading →
I’ve come across a wonderful EU website that tells you all about the money they’re spending on their amazing projects in the UK, region by region. What a great resource. An alternative viewpoint is that what we have here is … Continue reading →
The MP said that the rise of fast fashion, where t-shirts are sold for just £2 and dresses for £5, means clothes are worn once then thrown away, where they end up in landfill. So says yet another a Labour … Continue reading →
In the Telegraph yesterday: Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg is now under fresh pressure to provide evidence on fake news and ads after politicians in the UK and Canada today jointly called for him to appear before an International Grand … Continue reading →
The working class insists on the middle-class ‘sharing the wealth’, without most of them realising that this means that the middle-class oversees the sharing of the wealth, which results in an awful lot of it going to the sort of … Continue reading →
In days long past middle-class women liked to drink a fizzy wine called champagne. Then a group of snooty champagne makers got the EU to declare that only their champagnes could legally be called champagnes. Thus began a long, never-ending … Continue reading →
Another Theresa May government minister starts preparing the way for more government intervention in the private sphere: Highly-addictive video games risk having a “damaging” impact on children’s lives, the Culture Secretary has warned after parents raised concerns about a hugely … Continue reading →
