The home of political correctness
Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 29th, 2010
Every week seems to bring further evidence of the Dave & Nick show seeking to roll back the overreaching arm of government and listen to what millions of people have been trying to tell politicians for a long time.
This week it is the stunning idea that people who have actually lived in an area for [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 25th, 2010
A good friend of ours comes from Meriden and her family home is still there. As you may have seen on the news a group of gypsies moved into the field opposite earlier in the summer and promptly and knowingly set about breaking all planning laws by laying drainage, concreting areas etc. Needless to say [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 24th, 2010
Readers will recall all the recent trouble I have had with bureaucracy and the over supply of jobsworths.
My attention has been drawn to the trials of a fellow sufferer as reported in last weekend’s Sunday Times. This guy through great generosity of spirit decided to build a respite centre for Downe’s syndrome sufferers in Berkshire. [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 23rd, 2010
Our Tone is in the news again. This time because he has set up a financial investment organisation licensed by the FSA to take care of the funds of the super rich. This is not for his own ill-gotten gains you understand but to invest the funds of others.
Hypocrisy does not even come close. This [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 18th, 2010
So what do we think about our Tony giving all this dosh to the British Legion? Some say blood money but the biggest donation they have ever received. Just possible it might help promote an otherwise boring book full of self righteous twaddle, or is that just a tad too cynical.
Anyway only a small fraction [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 15th, 2010
To say that something was not quite right about the release of Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi by the Scottish Government is a bit of an understatement. It has now become clear that the four cancer specialists most closely involved in his treatment were not even consulted. It seems that Alex Salmon is fishy by nature as [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 14th, 2010
So Philip Green is going to oversee public expenditure cuts for Dave & Nick. That will introduce a whole new dimension for the public sector for sure. A friend of ours was until recently one of his Directors and there is no doubt he is really tough. I can see the ‘jobsworths’ having an extremely difficult [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 8th, 2010
So our Dave is getting a bit of a strop on about spending cuts and saying that we just cannot afford to go on as before. Seems like there is a right battle going on between the Treasury and the spending departments - nothing new there! Just hope he keeps his nerve and cuts the [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 31st, 2010
So Mrs Old Fart went duck herding this morning and a fine job she made of it - through the tunnel, through the gate, up the ramp, through the pond and back into the pen. Assisted of course by a sheep dog.
This is the latest thing in corporate entertainment and was laid on for a [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 30th, 2010
Mrs Old Fart very kindly for my birthday bought us tickets to go and see Kris Kristoffersen last night. It was great to hear him again and a very enjoyable evening - even if we did have to drive all the way to London.
It is now almost exactly 40 years since I first heard Kris in [...]