Monthly Archives: August 2004

I know it’s just nostalgia and in reality our childhood Summers were never actually month upon month of cloudless blue skies as the sun beat down on our kickabouts and we didn’t always play games of cricket in the street … Continue reading →

BykerSink at It’s wrong to wish on Space Hardware is flying out to begin his VSO in Vietnam on Thursday and has posted what is likely to be his last missive from this country for some while. If you get … Continue reading →

John Pilger in a powerful piece in The New Statesman points out, for those pinning their hopes on John Kerry, that when it comes to asserting US Imperialist power the Republicans and Democrats are united. Truman, Kennedy, Johnson, Carter, Reagan … Continue reading →

Oil, Thatcher, U.S., Mandelson and coup plots. Daniel Brett makes the links.

Someone called Mark Thatcher has been detained in South Africa accused of funding international terrorism. For some strange reason Bush, Blair, Straw and Rumsfeld haven’t demanded he is handed over, shackled and detained with the other ‘suspects’ in Guantanamo Bay. … Continue reading →

In my Ward in Sandwell we have a stunning piece of natural woodland that is in the process of being saved from years of decline by local people. Although the park is in Sandwell, it has been owned by Birmingham … Continue reading →

Darren ‘sicknote’ Anderton prepares to make his Birmingham debut.

This is apparently a label from an item of clothing made by an American company for the French market. For those non-French speakers amongst you, the care instructions read: Wash with warm water Use mild soap Dry flat Do not … Continue reading →

It must be because I gave him a favourable mention, but Daniel Brett (not to be confused with David Brent) has now, in his review of blog sites, described me as “left leaning”, (the cheeky sod, it makes me sound … Continue reading →

Daniel Brett asks whether Muslim’s are the new Irish in respect of ‘terrorism’ allegations, and also raises some concerns that I certainly share about the impolications of the recent arrests and continued attacks on civil liberties in ‘the war against … Continue reading →