Monthly Archives: August 2005

I don’t actually believe it… but it’s fun. You must have pondered where you would emerge if you dug a great big hole in the ground in your back garden…. and just kept going! (Via New Links who also give … Continue reading →

Tom Watson is, quite rightly, taking up the case of one of his constituents who has an O2 mobile phone mast overlooking their house. Well… the picture of this bloody monstrosity is taken from the bedroom of a one-year-old child … Continue reading →

As regular readers of these pages will know, there are many things I will gladly argue with Councillor John Hemming about. Not surprisingly really, because he is wrong about so many things. However… on the issue of the Standards Board, … Continue reading →

We used to go to Scarborough for our holidays when I was a nipper, and tales of derring-do by the great Yorkshire cricket side of the 1950′s and 1960′s led me to supporting the Yorkshire County Cricket side. I suppose … Continue reading →

….”Chávez, now 51, is the same age as Tony Blair, and after nearly seven years as president he has been in power for almost as long. But there the similarities end. Chávez is a man of the left…” Richard Gott … Continue reading →

Says millionaire Lib Dem MP Lynne Featherstone: …Drunk and disorderly behaviour amongst under-18′s is still a significant problem. Many of our town centres are becoming no-go zones on Friday and Saturday nights. While the majority of young people behave responsibly … Continue reading →

I wonder if, under the British Government’s latest proposals to outlaw crazy clerics, they would do anything about Nutty US evangelist Pat Robertson. He has called for the United States to assassinate Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez because… “a whole lot … Continue reading →

Steve Bell on the Irakey Constitution. Arsene Wenger: Pot to kettle, pot to kettle, come in please. “When the earth becomes a common treasury again, as it must, . . . then this enmity in all lands will cease.” The … Continue reading →

Hattersley intrudes on the Tory Party’s private grief. David Davis’s irresistible attributes are said to be a broken nose, membership of the Territorial SAS and a birth certificate which confirms that he was born in a council house. If that … Continue reading →

I like David James. OK, he’s not the greatest goalkeeper who ever trod the turf, but in my book he’s a good guy. In 2000 Aston Villa lost 1-0 in the FA Cup Final to Chelsea, the goal coming about … Continue reading →