Our Glorious Leaders and Masters
There is a new political party here in Ireland. Independent Ireland has its own website which is pretty sparse when it comes to its manifesto or its general aims. One piece that is interesting is its...
View ArticleMany Happy Returns
Britain had a little problem with people floating across from France and not going away again. The Britons were a little miffed at this and started complaining vociferously. Their Glorious Leader Ricky...
View ArticleBeep Beep Bang
this exploding pager lark is weird. It just doesn’t add up. Or if it does add up it does so in a very strange way. The plausible assumption is that the Israelis are behind it. Who else? So they come …...
View ArticleElection fever
There are two elections on the horizon. Of course there is the American one. I confess I am looking forward to this one as the outcome is bound to be interesting. The outcome is really a foregone...
View ArticlePolitical shenanigans
Well, that’s a bit of a turnip for the books? Who would have thunk that Carrot Man could pull it off? But then America is full of surprises. I’m not exactly a paid up member of the Trump Appreciation...
View ArticleYet more elections
The unavoidable has started here in Ireland. Once more we have been plunged into a general election. This election lacks the brash atmosphere of the recent American one but does share an inevitability...
View ArticleA simple solution
Naturally the news here is filled up with election crap. Like I cared…..! One of the items a little while back showed a shop owner collaring Simple Simon [our Teashop] about the exorbitant rate of VAT...
View ArticleAnticipation
The coming election is going to be slightly more interesting than usual. I say slightly because elections in general are pretty tedious affairs. What makes this one mildly interesting is the general...
View ArticleCircles
It would be funny if it weren’t so boring. Last month we had the tedium of a general election. This month we have had to tolerate the political mob “trying to form a government”. So what has all this...
View ArticleReputation
There is a piece on the BBC news site today. Minister resigns over cuts to overseas aid, saying UK’s reputation will be deeply harmed The actual resignation mentioned is of little interest to me [and...
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