Category Archives: Indulgent
How I’ll Remember Gary Speed
Match-goers understand that it’s those life-lasting ‘I-was-there’ moments that keep you going back week-in, week-out despite the dross. You’re lucky if you get even one a season. Real fans know these snatched moments-in-time don’t just mean cup finals or last-day … Continue reading
Earthquakes, Hurricanes & Hyperbole
You will have clocked that the East Coast US was hit by both an Earthquake and Hurricane in the last fortnight. You probably thought the international media made a meal with their coverage. Let me assure you, whatever undue focus … Continue reading
What was this ‘Wilful Blindness’ Stuff?
Midway through their mammoth testimony, long before the custard pie, James Murdoch was asked if he had ever heard of ‘Wilful Blindness’? He gave an out-of-place smirk and shrugged. His father chipped-in that whilst he’d heard of it “we’ve never … Continue reading
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An Apple Easter Resurrection
So last week, the toddler had been watching ‘CBeebies’ on the iPlayer on my wife’s iPhone. She left it on our bed. My wife then went into do the laundry and gathered the bedsheets quickly…. you can guess the rest. … Continue reading
Shock! Horror! Britain is Crap With Snow!
“[…] for Northerners snow is something to skive for and go sledging in while for Southerners it is a ‘national emergency’.”* *Slightly misquoted from the book “Pies and Prejudice.” By Stuart Maconie – The first dump of proper snow each … Continue reading
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Whatever You Think of Him, Why We Should All Stand Up For Gareth Compton
It is the stuff of nightmares. You’re listening to a radio interview. The interviewee winds you up by saying that you have no moral authority to take a view on human rights. You react immediately by putting on Twitter an … Continue reading
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Did you hear the one about the Pope?
It’s now been a couple of weeks since the Pope’s visit to the UK, so I feel safe to stick my head above the parapet now passions have cooled. Let’s start with a disclaimer, I am not religious. If asked … Continue reading
Pakistan Floods: The Politics of Aid
Why has the international community been so slow to help Pakistan? There is no doubt that that there is a genuine disaster underway. Some 20 million people have now been affected and reports suggest somewhere between 1600 and 2000 people … Continue reading
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“Bloody Sunday”: The Lesson For Politicians
Back in the early 1990’s as part of my University Degree I briefly studied the Irish troubles. I declare no deep expertise – but one thing I am sure of is that even as late as the end of the … Continue reading
Filed under Centre Right, Indulgent, Iraq, Politics, UK, UK Politics
