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U Turn when you have to
May 14th, 2008Another week, another Budget. We can be under no illusion whatsoever about the reason for the Brown/Darling U turn - splits in the Labour Party. Unlike Denis Healey’s 1976 scenario, this bizarre somersault was not the product of international economics, but was the symptom of domestic turmoil within Labour. The canvass returns from Crewe and […]
Rugby, Wets and Post Offices
March 9th, 2008I have been trying to think of a way to link Wales’s Triple Crown triumph, the death of Lord Pym and the coming Local Election campaign. Whilst I continue to ponder, I thought it only right to tell you about how much I have been enjoying wallowing in the reflected glory of a superb effort […]
Lost in the Post
November 20th, 2007A further blow has been dealt to this Government’s plans for a National Identity Card scheme and National Identity Register, by the loss of discs containing the personal details of everyone in receipt of Child Benefit in the UK. This includes me and my family. I am alarmed to learn that my bank […]
Time For a Census
October 31st, 2007The economic immigration debate rages, with the Government being forced to admit that its 800,000 figure for economic immigrants into the UK since 1997 looks more like 1.1 million. Councils such as Slough are facing real problems in providing key public services such as education because they are constantly being surprised with greater numbers of […]
Catching Up
October 29th, 2007My apologies for the glaring gap in posting. Things have been predictably hectic over the last two weeks. After the momentous decision of Mr. Brown not to subject us to an October campaign (shame really, because the weather has been rather good), I had a tough decision to make about my legal practice. […]
South Atlantic Tales
October 14th, 2007As the leaves settle reproachfully on my garden, yet another busy week has passed. Last night, I was at the Village Hall at Hinton Parva to hear a talk about the islands of the South Atlantic, given by local resident Howard Crapper. Howard, who has great knowledge of both St. Helena and Ascension […]
An Ambition Achieved
September 29th, 2007I have had my face painted at last! The opportunity arose this afternoon at Millie and George’s Fifth Birthday Party, where there was lots of bouncy castle activity (forbidden to me, of course) and face painting. I went for a rather fetching tiger. See below…
My Godson Thomas now has Shrek for a […]
Burmese Days
September 29th, 2007Writing this entry is proving to be difficult, bearing in mind that my two children are celebrating their fifth birthday today and my eight month old Godson is beating hell out of the piano as I write. There will be a party later, with much cake and e numbers.
I am glad to see that the […]
At Last - More Photographs!!
September 5th, 2007Thanks to the good offices of Tim, my long-suffering webmaster, I am now able to upload more photographs to the blog. Here are two of my favourites:
This well-loved comic children’s character is standing with a large penguin who speaks Icelandic. I was even more excited than Millie and George when I […]
DNA - A two-edged Sword?
September 5th, 2007Am I the only person to be surprised that it was none other than Stephen Sedley who has proposed a nationwide DNA database? Sedley LJ’s credentials could hardly be described to be authoritarian, I had thought. Whatever your views about such a database, there can be no doubt that the practical problems would be huge.
I […]
