Army cadets in Plymouth have been banned from carrying rifles on their Remembrance Day parade because it ‘glamorises’ weapons. How did we win all those wars? Did our soldiers tickle the enemy into submission?
“What a beautiful day – what a beautiful day, missus, for going up to the Taliban and saying, “Hands up, beardie, I [...]

At long last, here is another selection of entertainment. The first video is Down Under by Men At Work. This is now nearly thirty years old, incredibly. As a Jethro Tull fan, maybe I just like anything with a flute in it.

Here’s another classic from three decade ago. It still brought me joy watching it [...]

Norman Wisdom passed away yesterday evening aged 95 at his care home on the Isle of Man.
The more I watch Up In The World (1956) the more I enjoy it. I think this was Sir Norman’s second film. This is the football scene. “Sir Reginald” is the snobby kid. There is a line near the [...]

I love this optical illusion on the Daily Mail’s website.

“Although it may seem impossible to believe, the squares marked ‘A’ and ‘B’ are actually exactly the same shade of grey.”
Lesson 1: question everything.
This amazing illusion was created by Edward H Adelson from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Although it may seem impossible to believe, the [...]

I just want to thank those of you who voted for me in the Total Politics blog poll. Regardless of where I was in your personal Top Ten, I am very grateful that you thought of me.
I only just scraped in at number 48, but I should be promoted to 47 as Al Jahom has [...]

EastEnders + laughter track = sitcom!

Strike a light, guv’nor. It’s nearly a quarter of a cent’ry old. Well, scuff my old boots!
Source. Thanks to Dave Gorman for tweeting it.

With World Cup orders really tailing off now and the prospect of selling large quantities of St. George flags after next week looking unlikely, I will try to find things to blog about, post New Labour. I haven’t really had the time yet to determine just how Blue Labour the Tories are.
For now, here is [...]

It has been a hectic few weeks for the flag trade, so I have not been reading blog posts, never mind writing them. Hopefully, blogging will resume this coming week, especially as Real Street has crashed into Wikio’s top 200 political blogs at number 144.

A big thank you to everyone who has commented here in the past year. 2,000 comments from 289 posts isn’t bad. As you can see, I didn’t manage to post every day, despite my best intentions. Must try harder. I’m sure the LibCons, EU, fakecharities, et al will inspire me in the days to come.
It’s [...]

I meant to do this more often. The first one was nearly three months ago. Anyway, here goes. Ladies and gentlemen, I give you the incredible Tom Mullica…

He says that he only does this trick in public because the laughter helps him cope with the pain.
Now, Keaton Simons always gives his best – even when [...]