2024-01-13 23:06
It's election year and it should be an interesting one with The Donald on the comeback trail across the pond too.
Time to give Man the Barricades a dusting down and to get back in the swing… Read More
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"Political correctness does not legislate tolerance; it only organises hatred." Jacques Barzun
2022-01-22 11:27
If you want a good giggle it's worth popping onto Twitter, not too often as the sheer lunacy of so many on there could drive you to insanity.Nearly all the Covid bedwetters on there are also… Read More
2021-11-22 22:22
Service, normal or otherwise, will be resumed tomorrow.It's about time Read More
2020-08-27 08:22
2018-12-28 15:27
Over the last couple of weeks I've returned to spend a little time on Twitter, which I haven't done very much for a few years. There seems to be a disproportionate number of Remainiacs… Read More
2018-10-31 17:08
Over the last couple of weeks I've returned to spend a little time on Twitter, which I haven't done very much for a few years. There seems to be a disproportionate number of Remainiacs… Read More
2018-10-24 15:28
2018-10-19 15:10
"A little government and a little luck are necessary in life, but only a fool trusts either of them".P. J. O'Rourke Read More
2018-10-17 22:44
I have never known a more toxic environment in this country, especially in the political sphere and it's down to the #MeMeMe wankers of the left.Dare to go to a fancy dress party as a Mexica… Read More
2018-08-19 11:25
Lucky old India has the sacred cow.Poor old Britain has two scared cows: The NHS and Islam. Dare talk rationally about either of them and you will be treated like a heretic or a phobic Read More
2018-08-12 11:57
Who said the following?"The burka is an archaic tribal piece of cloth that is eagerly used by fundamentalist zealots to promote a toxic brand of extremist non-Koranic theology"A) The PopeB)… Read More
2018-08-01 12:23
Until fairly recently I was extremely active in politics standing in three parliamentary elections, numerous council elections, actually managing to get elected to my local council in 1999… Read More
2018-03-17 12:53
I'm not a prude, not by a long chalk, nor am I one of the new puritans, but I've finally given up on the last couple of soap operas I've been watching. Yes I admit to enjoying watching soaps… Read More
2018-01-28 11:48
Theresa May was probably the worst Home Secretary in living memory, certainly in my living memory. And she is fast gaining that epithet as Prime Minister.She lacks any vision, belief or prin… Read More
2018-01-10 17:11
Political correctness has inevitably dragged us down to a level where our forebears would regard us as a nation of mincing softies lacking any kind of courage or backbone. We can't be f… Read More
2018-01-06 14:42
Mobile CRS troops in CalaisOn Wednesday I was in Calais. We went over primarily to pick up some wine, the famous 'booze cruise', but also to have a pleasant day out and a good meal. When we… Read More
2017-12-27 15:47
We are human beings and often make decisions based on, or strongly influenced by, emotion and feelings. But there seems to be an increasing lack of reason and logic in public debate and in p… Read More
2017-12-16 12:22
Yesterday I spent a few hours bobbing around in my van listening to the radio. Listening to the radio was not the purpose of bobbing around in my van, I could have stayed at home and listene… Read More
2017-11-30 14:59
Frontrunner 12th year in a row,There seem to be more contenders for the award this year than ever and there seem to be more than ever from the world of politics. Maybe I'm just getting… Read More
2017-11-29 15:45
The result of last year's referendum has unleashed a tsunami of hate from Britain's left. Ironic really considering that Corbyn voted to leave the then European Community in 1975 and wa… Read More
2017-11-22 16:19
This week the Daily Mail has been in the news after dodgy stationery firm Paperchase apologised for advertising in Britain's second biggest selling daily newspaper. I don't remembe… Read More
2017-11-16 16:44
So it looks like Marxist Mugabe is finally on his way out. Zimbabwe gained independence in 1980 then within a few years became a despotic basket case while the… Read More
2017-11-14 16:15
Today is 6th October 1959 because I woke up this morning and felt that I identified as a new born baby. So sorry Mum, you've just been through that long and painful labour I put you thr… Read More
2017-03-14 15:17
“Libertarianism holds that the only proper role of violence is to defend person and property against violence, that any use of violence that goes beyond such just defense is itself agg… Read More
2017-03-07 18:30
Until further notice entry to The Snug will be via the gable end door, on the left as you go through the gate from the car park.This is because Network Rail have identified a structural prob… Read More
2017-02-07 15:23
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2016-12-31 10:12
The Brexit vote has made 2016 one of my happiest years ever, my pleasure only heightened at the sight of the Remainiacs and snowflakes yarling and stamping their feet and generally behaving… Read More
2016-11-04 08:04
Question 1: What is the significance of the following figures?A) 39.5B) 51.9Answer: A is the average percentage vote garnered by the winning parties at UK general elections from 19… Read More
2016-11-01 20:20
You can tell the lunatics have taken over the Labour asylum, they're banging on about the bloody miners' strike again. You might remember that, back in 1984 when the miners, led by a bastard… Read More
2016-06-27 16:11
Last year 36% of people elected a government in the UK and there were no calls for a second election. On Thursday 52% voted to leave the European Union and there were cries from a proportion… Read More
2016-06-21 15:53
I had an amusing exchange on t'interweb with a not very bright Remainer yesterday who claimed that voting Leave would be 'a leap into the unknown'. She clearly has no idea of the world that… Read More
2016-06-01 10:01
My position is clear, and has been since before we joined what is now the EU in 1973, I want out. I remember as a young teenager in 1975 listening to the lies of Ted Heath and others as mill… Read More
2016-04-12 15:29
If it wasn't so sad it would be hilarious. I've been mulling over this post for days and days and every time I think I'll start it another example of infantilisation pops up. Every day there… Read More
2016-03-27 10:10
2016-03-15 23:20
Just to say that we will celebrate St Patrick's Day when there are St George's Day parades in Dublin.Until then, God save the Queen and Rule Britannia! Read More
2016-02-28 15:35
Political correctness has created a vile streak of self loathing in certain sections of society and it's being propagated, in no small part, by the education system. If we had kids of school… Read More
2016-02-21 13:23
The Listening Prime MinisterIt must rank as one of the greatest achievements of this century, and maybe even the last. What David Cameron has achieved is absolutely stunning and could quite… Read More
2016-02-17 16:28
David Cameron is a charlatan and, if there is any justice, he will be hounded out of office for his breathtaking hypocrisy and downright lies about his negotiations with the European Union.H… Read More
2016-01-10 15:48
Witnessing the politically correct leftie brigade bending over backwards to make excuses for the barbaric actions of thousands of muslim migrants across Europe has been a very bizarre e… Read More
2015-11-10 11:40
Tomorrow I will be visiting my parents then taking my dad for a curry in north Manchester before watching FC United of Manchester play Chesterfield, an English league club, in the FA Cup. Th… Read More
2015-10-28 11:51
There comes a time when great civilisations come to an end, and I doubt it's ever pretty for those involved. It feels ever more like our civilisation is crumbling, maybe it deserves to… Read More
2015-10-14 15:50
We are now back in Blighty after a seventeen day jaunt by train through France, Italy, Austria and Germany and quite a break it's been. Where to start?Train travel is fantastic, es… Read More
2015-10-06 20:00
Tomorrow we attend our General Audience in St Peter's Square with Pope Francis. Well it it wouldn't be a be a Papal Audience without Pope Francis would it? We got our tickets about 4 45… Read More
2015-10-04 22:15
What an utter, pathetic, imbecilic shambles trying to get to watch Lazio was today. Yes, I don't like them, they play in the same colours as Manchester's less successful and less well s… Read More
2015-10-03 07:56
Rome is a fantastic place, an absolute must see, but be careful where you eat. On our first full day here I had food poisoning, not enough to be rushed off for treatment but enough to make t… Read More
2015-10-02 21:30
Been in Rome since Tuesday night and here are a few observations.If the pelican crossing is on red it means you are in very serious danger if you cross the road. If it is on green it means y… Read More
2015-09-24 10:24
I've said it before and I will now repeat it. Europe is being invaded by muslims. They are not refugees they are migrants. Refugees flee terror and danger and take refuge in a safe plac… Read More
2015-09-10 09:44
Let's clear up one lie about the current influx of immigrants to Europe and specifically Britain. When other countries, and soppy left wing do gooders here, accuse us of not taking our share… Read More
2015-08-30 09:30
We may have a Conservative government but we do not have a conservative government. What we have is yet another social democrat government, which we have had for most of the post-WWII era. T… Read More
2015-08-15 15:53
Since the general election it's been great fun watching the leftards blaming everybody for Labour's defeat other than the Labour Party. They claim it was the evil right-wing media claim… Read More
2015-08-14 14:50
I don't understand why the loony left are getting so giddy, it seems to me that electing Jeremy Corbyn as Labour Party leader will be the final nail in Labour's coffin. Maybe that's what the… Read More
2015-08-04 09:09
No, I'm not talking about the vegetable, I'm talking about the immigration minister of Sweden, who does sound like a vegetable actually, just not an edible one. No, this particular veg… Read More
2015-08-01 16:24
Since the election it's been such fun watching lefties foaming at the mouth and ranting, totally irrationally, about everything from imaginary NHS privatisation to even accusing the Tories o… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
The last few weeks have left me aghast with the hypocrisy of the west over Russia and the Ukraine. At times I've been angry at some absolutely fuming. If I was Putin I'd be sticking a middle… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Tony Benn has shuffled off the mortal coil at 88. Sad that an old man has died but his philosophy was one of hate and division, summed up neatly by his giving up his title of 2nd Visco… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Like a smoke? The fuckers will hammer you with tax, naughty boy.Like a drink? The fuckers will hammer you with tax, naughty boy.Like to pop out in the car? The fuckers will hammer you w… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
We will gradually get to the whole truth about Blair and his gang of immoral misfits, aka the Labour Party. Anybody who had half a brain had a bloody good idea that he was a complete wanker… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
New Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn2015 saw the Tories, very marginally the lesser of two evils, win a majority in the general election leading to disastrous Labour leader Ed Miliband… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
As we hurtle towards the end of another year most of us start looking back on the last twelve months, and start to really recognise how the madness has continued unabated.Let's look at the L… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
I'm not a supporter of capital punishment, but there are times when certain events make me, like anybody else, wonder if it's the only option.Earlier today Frasier Glenn Miller, a 74 year ol… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
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