Smokers, of course: Stephen Aylen, a Tory councillor for Belfairs, Leigh, made his views clear at a public meeting where he condemned the “damage” smokers caused to council properties. Wow, a little bit of tobacco causes that much damage, eh? He claimed additional redecorating and insurance was needed to house smokers and the costs were an unfair burden on the taxpayer, particularly non-smoking taxpayers. And just where’s this going to…
We are far too circumspect when it comes to telling others what we think about their spare tyre, it seems. Experts (ex as in past and a spurt being a little drop of liquid) are seeing this time of the year as an opportunity to market their obsession with obesity – well, they don’t do it for the rest of the year, right? Okay, so maybe they do, just a little bit……
…after all, it’d guarantee them an easy life, wouldn’t it? A kebab shop has had its license reviewed following the death of Paul Gunner who was killed while celebrating his birthday. Oh, and why? Did a particularly heavy kebab fall on him? Was he poisoned by one? Well, no. He just happened to be standing outside one: The 32-year-old was standing outside Charcoal Grill, in Bourne Road, Bexley High Street,…
Like many of you, the Orphans have been keeping an eye on the Roger Tattersall [Tallbloke] situation and have noted Anthony Watts’ [Watts Up with That] publishing of an appeal for Tallbloke. As El Reg put it: Police have targeted at least four climate bloggers in three countries, with constabulary taking computers and networking equipment from a science blogger in the UK. Roger Tattersall, aka “Tallbloke”, a Digital Content Manager…
Say what you like, he had a lovely singing voice. Of course, apart from that he was a twunt.
The Prime Minister’s plea for a return to some of the values of the King James bible probably struck a chord in the country, even among non-church-goers, such as myself. Yet the deeply felt malaise of the country, visible in so many areas of national life and the mainstay of comments on this web-site, cannot really be laid at the doorstep of churchmen. The real corruption comes from the top.…
So says Mychal Denzel Smith, a freelance writer and social commentator, in CiF. Presumably, only because ‘Private Eye’ no longer does ‘Pseuds Corner’: Judging by the amount of fuss he caused, one would think Georgetown University Professor Michael Eric Dyson had floated the idea of abolishing child labor laws. In reality, all he had done was announce that this semester he would be teaching a course entitled “Sociology of Hip-Hop…
Some things don’t mix well, we all know that. Street luging on public roads is one, and we saw yesterday how that makes it a restricted activity you need to get permission for. Another is alcohol and, well, if you took the opinion of every nanny and wowser out there alcohol and practically anything, including life and happiness, don’t mix. Certainly at least one will tell you that alcohol and…
I love history, I love reading up on various aspects of both world, English and local history I find it endlessly fascinating and will occasionally indulge in what ifs, as in what might have happened if things had gone differently. But history is also important if we are to remember who we are and how we got here, which is why the latest figures on the number of schools who…
At a time when even bankers are hoarding food, it’s clear many are worried. Easy enough to be worried about the visible things – harder to be worried about the obscure and concealed. At the beginning of OoL, I ran a post on the World Core Curriculum and was horrified that Mueller’s ideas were taken so seriously, had been adopted and that it had gone so far worldwide. Over the…
Latest Comments