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Monday, 30 May 2011

Well, that’s all right then: Blatter reassures the world ‘it’s just a family tiff’

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good news from Zurich where Fifa’s owner (or is that king, I can never remember) has reassured the world that the world football organisatio...
Saturday, 21 May 2011

What’s cooking (Pt 2): a load of bollocks on TV served with hype and desperation. And thank you, Mr Dylan

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If you want to make cheap television, go down the ‘reality show’ route. If you want to make cheap television which has the spurious aura of ...
Monday, 16 May 2011

Sex-mad naked Frenchman chases chambermaid down hotel corridor! And British politician forgets his manners! A comparative analysis of the rationalist and empirical approach to scandal with especial emphasis on the tawdry and the dull

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In view of the latest scandal involving a French politician, or in this case, a would-be French politician, no one could claim that life is ...
Sunday, 15 May 2011

Wives, or a more personal take on this blog. Time to get in touch with my inner whinger

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Bit of slightly dramatic time here at home today (and only an Englishman could diminish drama in that way, but there you go, rather that tha...
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Friday, 13 May 2011

What’s cooking? Well, tonight, breast of lamb with leeks and new potatoes and a dash of rebellion, another car crash (my 19th and I’ll soon have the set) and a warning to Old Farts the world over, irrespective of colour, creed, politics or gender

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I am not a bad cook. I shan’t be immodest and claim to be a good cook, but I shall claim to be able to produce tasty meals if and when I hav...
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Tuesday, 10 May 2011

Admit it: the the dream is over, the euro is on its last legs and so, sooner or later, is the whole EU ‘project’ RIP? I don’t think so. There will be one almighty blame game

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The old adage runs that the secret of comedy is timing, and that is surely something the big brains in Brussels will be taking to heart when...
Saturday, 7 May 2011

America: a clarification, and one which is, I think, necessary. Plus all the latest from the ‘vote of the century’: Britain rejects out of hand any buggering about with how we do things and give our progressives a flea in their ear (and not before time)

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In view of what I wrote about about the death of Bin Laden, the demonstration of triumphalism, how clues as to his whereabouts were indirect...
Wednesday, 4 May 2011

Only goes to show that a teensy bit of torture isn't that bad, doesn't it? I mean, come on, let's not be namby-pamby, we got him, didn't we?

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Let me be unfashionable for a change. There are reports – and I stress that I can only go on what read and hear in the media – that the wate...
Monday, 2 May 2011

Osama Bin Laden's death: my two ha'porth worth. And was he celebrating Arsenal's victory over United on Sunday when they shot him?

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No self-respecting, self-important blogger can let the assassination of Osama Bin Laden go by without spending even just a minute or two pon...
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Tuesday, 26 April 2011

Oh, Andrew, what a fine set of principles.

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A while ago I mentioned so-called super-injunctions taken out by those with the necessary loot to hire expensive lawyers, which not only den...