sideways looks often show something new…
Posted in Ramblings on Mar 10th, 2008
The floods and severe weather that was forecast for yesterday evening has not arrived. Yes the sea in coastal areas has been higher than usual on the west coast. Yes some areas in Cornwall and North Wales have seen the sea on the promenade today.
No there have not been the catastrophic floods and [...]
Posted in Ramblings on Feb 26th, 2008
This smiling visage belongs to Andrew Burnham. He is our (UK) culture secretary. He thinks that smaller Casinos are better than a ‘SuperCasino’ because they pose a lower risk to society.
Nonsense.
This government can be alarming. It is shocking to think that the physical size of a Casino is in any way related to the [...]
Posted in Rants on Feb 26th, 2008
I wouldn’t want to be a policeman (I suppose I should say ‘police-person in these PC days…).
The job isn’t particularly well paid. They get little accolade for dealing with drunks and violence on a regular basis, and they don’t even get to carry guns like our Transatlantic cousins. Because of this I do [...]
Posted in Rants on Feb 26th, 2008
Nothing wrong with protesting in my opinion. The British don’t do enough of it, and (it could be argued) the French do just a little too much of it.
What DOES wind me up though are professional protesters. There’s plenty wrong on this planet of ours, but when I hear about self appointed guardians [...]
