“What did you do in the war daddy?” For people of my generation that was a question many of us (in particular the boys) asked of our fathers when we were little. My dad’s answerContinue reading
Ron’s Story
As he crested the hill and hit the downgrade Ron saw a comparatively clear stretch of motorway ahead of him. He tugged on the throttle of his CB550K and felt it take on a harderContinue reading
Solidarity Among Sisters
But obviously they only get really solid solidarity if their political perspective happens to coincide with the journalist’s. In yesterday’s Guardian Gabby Hinsliff spoke out in support of fellow fervent anti-Corbynite Laura Kuenssberg. She condemned the “small, self-righteous and aggressively entitledContinue reading
London’s Burning
This morning, a day after the appalling tragedy in Grenfell Towers, I read a comment on FB written by my friend Chris, a recently retired firefighter who I have know since he was a lad of 17.Continue reading
Do You Believe In Fairy Tales?
The mere fact that Jeremy Corbyn could be within less than 24 hours of becoming Prime Minister of this country is so incredibly unlikely that it would be dismissed as ridiculous were this a work of fictionContinue reading
Who do you trust with your future?
This morning the poor privatised Royal Mail postman struggled through pouring rain to push a single slightly soggy letter through my letter box. It was addressed to me personally so I opened it immediately. It was from Rt.Continue reading
…But I’ll never forgive him for Brexit
I started arguing with Bob a couple of years before New Labour’s first term began in 1997; back when Tony Blair was still a cherubic ex public schoolboy who was yet to prove that I’dContinue reading
Covers Special Pt 2 ~ 19th April 2017
Walter Murphy (Beethoven) / A Fifth Of Beethoven Big Country (Neil Young) / Rockin’ In The Free World Bonnie Tyler (Creedence Clearwater Revival) / Have You Ever Seen The Rain Kano (Junior Murvin) / Fightin’ TheContinue reading
Not what Corbyn might have chosen but…
It’s the last day of my ten year old’s Easter holidays and we cycled a mile or so down the road to collect his friend for a play day. Riding back along a relatively quiet side street IContinue reading
Covers Special ~ 12th April 2017
Mott the Hoople (David Bowie) / All The Young Dudes David Bowie (The Who) / I Can’t Explain Duffy (Wings) / Live And let Die Dub Pistols feat. Rodney P & Terry Hall (Stranglers) /Continue reading