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Andy Burnham spoke at the Labour conference today, a well scripted show with no option to disagree, unlike in times past.  I did not listen,...

I had another irritating scam call today.   As always I try to look up the number to find if it is a genuine number, or a false one.   Of co...

I see pensions are under attack once again. There has been a continuous attack in recent years on the state pension.  This has been accompan...

  In spite of my obvious poverty, I accidentally ordered more books from this company today.  I like them, they sell second hand books at re...

Monday night saw a few from the Kirk meet for a man's meeting.  That is, a drink at the club.  A decent quiet place on a Monday usually,...

 Who cares...?

      This verse came to mind when I read a qote from Bob Dylan writing in the New York Times.  He was talking sensibly about being 80, and ...

                                                                                    Sky News By a majority of 18, the House of Commons kill...

Just yesterday, the Foreign Secretary Edd Milliband informed the world that the UK would ban imports from the Gaza strip.  Things there were...

The Blackshirts have returned. There is no surprise about this, it has been coming for ages.  The latest move in the onward fascist like pro...

For many years, up in North London at Colindale, there stood the 'British Newspaper Library.'  This contained, they said, copies of ...

 

Nothing ever happens here in this boring wee town.  I am quite glad of that in many ways, yet still wish for a wee bit of excitement now and...

 

This greeted me first thing today, a Christmas advert!   It's August! You know what you can do with this!   Jings!  One of the family ju...

This is the magnificent Heart of Midlothian side that went to Austria, took on the Great Rapid Vienna side.  Despite a man wrongly dismissed...

I thought the author was brave to refer to his subject as the 'Mad Emperor,' as there quite a few of those to choose from.  Harry Si...

This pair, who left the country 6 years ago, are now returning.  They say this is for the children's education.  Aye, right!  Of course ...

Most people are unaware that a coup has been ongoing for many years.  Since Thatcher came to power in 1979, on the backs of the workers vote...