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Friday, 30 September 2011

Out of office, Labour can be as wacky as it likes. And one for hacks to chew on, then spit out as worthless

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The standard view is that once out of government and into opposition, political parties are able to breathe a sigh of relief, stretch themse...
Tuesday, 27 September 2011

How a change of rules and new technology helped me realise I and rugger buggers can exist in the same universe. We don’t have to mix of course (which would be too much to ask of me)

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Here’s today’s question: what do Finland, Luxembourg, Vanuato, Norway, Monaco, Nigeria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Guam and Tahiti in common? G...
Monday, 26 September 2011

More blogs out there than sand grains on the beach - what is a boy to do to make his mark? And will the colonels return to Greece? That's what the CIA thinks (according to the rumour)

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Surprisingly enough, I am not the only bod conceited enough to record his thoughts in a blog, and furthermore there is any number of blogs o...
Friday, 23 September 2011

Essert-Roman. Day 334 - I waffle on a bit more about the euro, the Palestinians, the Third World and then call it a day to prepare for la retour a casa (or something, you get the drift).

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Essert-Romand, Haute-Savoie, France. Last day of this holiday here in sunny Essert-Romand and, as usual, rather wishing it wasn’t. I think ...
Thursday, 22 September 2011

How not to solve a crisis, any crisis really. And a gentle bit of tourist activity

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In one way, the euro crisis gets more bizarre by the hour. We are told that in order to qualify for the next handout of euro moolah to keep ...
Tuesday, 20 September 2011

Join me on an exciting journey of discovery to sort out the bullshit from the bollocks (part 1)

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An occasional series (part 1) of those weasel words and phrases which insinuate their way into all our lives, but tend to mean rather less t...
Monday, 19 September 2011

Essert-Romand. Day nine - still raining, but we were compenstated by a short trip to Morzine where I managed to buy a cheap umbrella for three times what it was worth. Then a rather tasty supper: chicken breast with tarragon in white wine and cream sauce with braised chicory

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Essert-Romand, Haute-Savoie, France. Great day yesterday - for the second day in a row it rained, though to be fair it was not pelting down...
Sunday, 18 September 2011

Censorship among the Great and Good: there ain’t nothing quite like a hypocrite, and the saintly Guardian leads the way. There is, it seems, one rule for them and quite another for us. And no one quite does ‘sandwich short of a picnic’ quite like our Lib Dem friends

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Today I was subjected to an appalling and quite breathtaking piece of hypocrisy perpetuated by the saintly Guardian, the self-appointed defe...

Let’s dither shall we and fuck up the world for everyone, not just Europe. On yer bike, Geithner!

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I can’t claim to to be particularly well-versed in the magic of economics but I do know one thing: much of what seems difficult is just econ...
Saturday, 17 September 2011

Essert-Romand. Day seven - raining which, as true Brits, has rather cheered us up

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Essert-Romand, Haute-Savoie, France. Raining today, but I guess we’ll do what we’ve been doing every day: getting up late (Mark gets up lat...