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• Bye, Bye, Bercow?

  

  Well, a man may hope, may he not? Apparently, crafty William Hague has sneaked in a bill which if passed will lead to a secret rather than the traditional open... Read more

  Posted on 26 March 2015 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• 'On the Town'

  

  There you have it, folks, the pride of the American navy footloose and fancy-free in Portsmouth, as recorded by Ms. Alice Vincent for The Telegraph who, plucky... Read more

  Posted on 25 March 2015 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Dick Dastardly the Third

  In my soppy southerner way I have always felt vaguely sorry for Richard III. I have tended, lazily, to swallow whole the notion that ‘our Will’ traduced his... Read more

  Posted on 24 March 2015 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Scott Walker is a Winner

  Gov. Walker of Wisconsin has only one problem facing him and that is the unfortunate fact that this blog – oh alright then, ME! – has forecast his certain... Read more

  Posted on 24 March 2015 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Take Cover, the Yanks Are Coming!

  

  This is a truly awesome sight and yesterday our American ‘allies’ (er, they are still allies, aren’t they?) parked it just outside Portsmouth dockyard. Read more

  Posted on 24 March 2015 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Our Defence Secretary Should Be Reduced to the Rank of (acting) L/Ccpl

  The Right Honourable Michael Fallon MP, our Secretary of State for Defence - God help us! - is a total plonker! Either that, or he knows the truth of the... Read more

  Posted on 23 March 2015 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Lee Kuan Yew: Farewell to a Truly Great Leader

  

  Lee Kuan Yew, the former Prime Minister of Singapore and the political architect of that incredible city-state has died. I lived in Singapore from '64 to '67,... Read more

  Posted on 23 March 2015 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Your Monday Funnies: 23.3.15

  Yes, I know, sorry, sorry, sorry but I was on weekend duties under strict orders from 'she who must be obeyed' because we had a visit from 'SoD Partner' - so... Read more

  Posted on 23 March 2015 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Waiting for God to Turn the Lights out . . .

  08.26 hrs: Yes, apparently He is displeased because we haven't been paying our energy bills on time and so sometime this morning 'the lights are going out all... Read more

  Posted on 20 March 2015 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• 'Give Me Lucky Chancellors'

  I paraphrase Bonaparte’s oft-quoted preference to have about him lucky generals rather than clever ones and apply it with enthusiasm to George Osborne who... Read more

  Posted on 19 March 2015 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• It's Rather Chilly in This "brave New World"

  This post might better be titled ‘Lament for an old man’. The plain-as-the-boil-on-the-end-of-your-nose fact is that the world is changing, and of course, it... Read more

  Posted on 18 March 2015 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Tragic Peggy Lee Remembered

  Not too much time now because I am under orders to get this pig sty garret of mine cleared-up, tidied-up, cleaned-up, hoovered-up and polished despite my whinin... Read more

  Posted on 18 March 2015 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Dave, Mate, Take a Tip from 'Bibi'

  Well it's obvious now, isn't it? If you want to win an election just pop 'over there' and get your agent to book you in for a one off performance in that Theatr... Read more

  Posted on 18 March 2015 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• 'Mea Culpas' from Left and Right

  In amongst all the shouty, screechy, 'I'm right, you're wrong' slug-fest that passes for political discourse - and to which this blog is a contributor - both... Read more

  Posted on 17 March 2015 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Like I Said, It Really is the Economy, Stoopid!

  Somewhere 'down there' I wrote recently that at this time the first, last and only duty of HMG is to build our economy, using that word in its widest sense. Read more

  Posted on 17 March 2015 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• In Which I Enter the Maelstrom of Black/white Politics 'over There'

  And needless to say, I do so with the sort of wimpy, apologetic, hand-wringing demeanour of an effete Englishman flapping his hands in the middle of a riot! Read more

  Posted on 16 March 2015 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• I Am Very Cofnudes, Sorry, I Mean, Confused!

  That the law is an ass is a universal truth known unto all men! But sometimes its pure daftness leaves you giggling. Take for example these idealistic but... Read more

  Posted on 16 March 2015 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Your Monday Funnies: 16.3.15

  Yeah, yeah, I know I'm late again but as part of the celebrations of SoD's birthday this weekend I have had an exceedingly elderly and slightly batty lady... Read more

  Posted on 16 March 2015 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Exceptions to the Rule

  In my previous post I gave forth a wide, sweeping assertion - no surprise there, then! - to the effect that these days all 'hearties' are a total pain. Read more

  Posted on 14 March 2015 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• I Hate 'hearties'!

  Or to be precise, I hate quite a lot of 'hearties' but most of all I hate, almost without discrimination, all the pursuits followed by 'hearties'. Read more

  Posted on 13 March 2015 HUMOR, SOCIETY