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• 'Plus Ça Change' and All That Sort of Thing

  Here's an interesting quote: "... most [...] politicians all look and sound the same. Drawn from a narrow social class, educated in the same elite government... Read more

  Posted on 01 April 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• 'Whodathunkit'?

  Bless me, it's a strange old world and our political leaders appear to be getting weirder and weirder. I gather from outside sources that 'Dim Dave' and 'Sam... Read more

  Posted on 01 April 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• And Yet Another Total Tory Tit - Robert Buckland MP

  Where do they come from? Is there a factory somewhere, like that one in California that churns out identical, long-legged blondes wearing shorts and... Read more

  Posted on 31 March 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Your Monday Funnies: 31.3.14

  

  My first 'Funny' this morning comes with a health warning! Did you ever wonder why there are no dead penguins on the ice in Antarctica ? Where do they go? Wonde... Read more

  Posted on 31 March 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• The Sunday Rumble: 30.3.14

  "The most dangerous man you've never heard of": Not my words but those of 'Dellors' writing in The Telegraph describing Lord Pillock Stern, a former civil... Read more

  Posted on 30 March 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Be Honest, Who Do You Think is the Lying Liar?

  First of all apologies for my somewhat prolonged absence but last night I was head chef and head barman as we entertained friends for supper and a needle game o... Read more

  Posted on 29 March 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• The Second Best Political Joke of the Year - So Far

  I offered you the best political joke a few days ago and you will recall that it featured, rather surprisingly, President Obama who must be the least funny... Read more

  Posted on 27 March 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• So Who Won?

  For the benefit of my foreign readers and also for my Brit readers with a better social life than I enjoy (not difficult) I refer to tonight's debate between... Read more

  Posted on 26 March 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Should Prof. Lewandowsky Consider the Second-hand Car Trade for a Living?

  For those unfamiliar with the name of Prof. Stephan Lewandowsky, late of the University of Western Australia (UWA) and currently with Bristol University - just... Read more

  Posted on 26 March 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• I Just Love Blood Sports

  No, no, not real ones, I come over all wobbly at the sight of real blood, I mean political ones. And tonight we have a humdinger to look forward to either by... Read more

  Posted on 26 March 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Cycling Faster and Faster Just to Stay up in the Air

  In a comment thread down below somewhere, 'SoD' provided a link to an 'A E-P' article in The Telegraph describing the beginnings of a rush to the exit by the... Read more

  Posted on 25 March 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Speaking Ill of the Dead, It's What I Do So Well!

  Yes, indeed, I am such a malicious little monkey, am I not? My only saving grace is that I usually spoke ill of them when they were alive, too! Read more

  Posted on 24 March 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Dannatt Daftness!

  Regular readers will know of my withering contempt for our military brass based on my strong suspicion that over recent years they have seized on every... Read more

  Posted on 24 March 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Your Monday Funnies: 24.3.14

  A beautiful sunny if crisp Monday morning so I'm sure you wage-slaves don't need cheering up because on a day like today there is nowhere you would rather be... Read more

  Posted on 24 March 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• The Sunday Rumble: 23.3.14

  'Footie': As you may have realised over the years - er, you have been reading this blog for years, haven't you? - I am a 'take-it-or-leave-it' football fan. Read more

  Posted on 23 March 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Quick, Set Your Recorder-thingies NOW!

  Yes, NOW! Don't wait, you know how damned intricate those blasted recorder-thingies are and admit it, it will take you at least three goes before you get it... Read more

  Posted on 22 March 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• "A Feckless America and a Reckless China"

  That phrase neatly encapsulates the stuff of nightmares and I have lifted it from a speech by - wait for it! - an Australian! The man concerned is Dr. Michael... Read more

  Posted on 22 March 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Best Political Joke of the Year - So Far!

  The prestigious A&M; University of Texas (no, me neither) has conducted a rigorous poll in order to establish who the American public rate as their greatest... Read more

  Posted on 22 March 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Speaking Ill of the Dead - I'm for It, Sort Of!

  As you may have noticed from my posts following the recent deaths of two particularly malignant political activists, Bob Crowe and Tony Benn, I have no... Read more

  Posted on 22 March 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Another Reason to Get out of the EU - as If We Needed Another!

  The EU sceptics, mainly in the Tory party, constantly complain about legal and regulatory interference from Brussels but you rarely hear them complaining about... Read more

  Posted on 21 March 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY