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…and another thing

Aug 27th, 2008
by Dan.
9 comments

Just a quick follow up post from yesterday’s rant about Thatcher and her dementia.
It occurred to me how powerful my dislike for the woman and her politics must be for my hate to be still burning brightly after all these years. I was three years old when she came to power and [...] Read more »

Milk snatcher

Aug 26th, 2008
by Dan.
27 comments

So Margaret Thatcher has dementia. Of course she does, after all Ronald Reagen had it and those two were pretty keen on presenting a united front. I wonder if Alzheimers is sexually transmittable?
Dementia is a horrific condition, and I wouldn’t wish it on anybody. But I do find some dark humor [...] Read more »

Political science

Jun 30th, 2008
by Dan.
19 comments

Slight change of pace today as I stare into my crystal ball and make a few predictions of the future of the British political landscape. Not my usual topic I admit, but it’s always good to mix it up a bit.
Feel free to disagree with me, I always enjoy a bit of a [...] Read more »

Obama

Jun 4th, 2008
by Dan.
22 comments

So it looks like America has now elected Barack Obama as its president. It’s been a long road but there is now a African American in the White House and it is time to reflect on how far the USA has come since the days of…
What?
Primaries? John McWho? It’s not over?
Oh for fucks sake.
Can’t [...] Read more »

A little bit of politics

Nov 21st, 2007
by Dan.
10 comments

Yesterday it was announced that HM Revenue and Customs has lost two discs containing the names, addresses, bank details, dates of birth, and national insurance numbers of every family with a child under 16 years old.
That would include us then.
Apparently the discs containing the details of over 25 million people who receive child benefit [...] Read more »