The UK’s first landlord to be jailed for allowing smoking in his pub (and due to being unable to afford the fine), has been released after a few days.
Anna Racoon’s campaign via Old Holborn’s PayPal account raised more than enough needed to pay the remainder of Mr Hogan’s fine. £8,664.50 in cash was handed in [...]

I haven’t posted for a few days. Sometimes I don’t see the point, such is the craziness of the modern world. Other times, writing seems like the only thing I can do, for exactly the same reason.
For example, the bastardisation of the word equality seems to be limitless. Now, it is vegans who are the [...]

I used to like Michael Foot. He seemed more intelligent and decent than the average politician and it annoyed me how the media used to focus on his slightly unkempt appearance. This screen shot from Google reveals that he is well-known for his less-than-fashionable outerwear.
Apparently, he was also a scallywag. Aren’t they all?
After reminiscing for [...]

Another attack on common sense and a kick in the teeth for those of us – the majority – who don’t want all life on the planet endangered with genetically modified crops.
BRUSSELS — The European Commission began a new push Tuesday to allow farmers in Europe to grow more biotech crops, clearing a genetically modified [...]

Tom Harris has posted this video of Gordon Brown listing New Labour’s “achievements”.
I imagine it sounds very convincing – to those who allow themselves to be drowned in the sea of grand ideas and emotion.

This is what I told Tom:
Any thinking person would question almost everything on this list of ‘achievements’. I don’t have the [...]