The home of political correctness
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 31st, 2010
So Gene Hunt is back this week in a new series of Ashes to Ashes. This will be like a breath of fresh air in the TV schedules. A character who flies in the face of all the PC that now engulfs us and recognises a villain and treats him/her as such; who does not [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 30th, 2010
A few years ago a so-called friend of mine - who has achieved some reflected glory in commenting on this blog - introduced me as the after lunch speaker at a Livery Company do in the City. He started by making the usual polite comments about my career etc and then suddenly dived into saying [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 28th, 2010
So now if you are lucky enough to be employed in the public sector you can win prizes for simply turning up for work. Apparently this is the latest wheeze by the Government to make so called efficiency savings. How about sacking a few people who fail to turn up on a regular basis? This [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 26th, 2010
OK so it has been a few days since I posted a blog.
I guess all the pre-election posturing is getting to me. Politicians are really such tedious people. This it particularly true of the present apology for a government. They have now been in power for 13 years with ample opportunity to live up to [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 17th, 2010
Interesting situation arising on the planned BA strike. So Old Gordie makes a public statement criticising the union representing the cabin staff - Unite - sounding all the right notes in the pre-election run up. But it is this same Unite that is a major influence within the Labour party and has infiltrated the ranks of [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 15th, 2010
Oh this is really good. Our wondrous energy secretary Ed save-the-planet Millibum has had his adverts on global warming banned by the Advertising Standards Authority. I take it all back - there is a God after all.
The ads took nursery rhymes and adapted them to the global warming theme with the essential message that we [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 8th, 2010
Well Harridan Harman is at it again. The latest piece of lunacy to issue from the equalities minister is that vegans and teatotallers are to be given the same protection against discrimination as religious groups. Members of cults etc are to be given similar protection. Somehow it seems to me - but I am sure [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 2nd, 2010
Well we have had climate change for the last two days. It has been sunny and we have been out in the garden trying to knock it into shape. Given that we have some 3/4 acres of formal garden it is something of a challenge but we are getting there. We have spent a lot [...]