A few years ago there was a teacher strike at Karl’s school and I made a few comments on it, inadvertently being quoted on the local newspaper front page. I thought I’d blogged about it but I can’t find the entry so it was probably lost in one of my many DB breakages. Anyway, the […]
Tag: politics
On Being Judgemental
I was reading Violent Acres today (this is not a new thing, I love that blog) and got sidetracked by Wide Lawns. WL had been invited to guest post on V’s blog, and chose to talk about being judgemental, and the collapse of our society because of other’s lack of willingness to do the same. […]
Gordon Brown Says Nah
I am sure the majority of you are absolutely oblivious to the fact that there’s been a bit of excitement (hah) in British politics this past week or so. Rumours were flying about whether or not our PM — Gordon Brown — would call a general election or not. Brown (rightfully so, in my opinion) […]
T-shirt Slogan Could Mean Fine
As someone who has ‘invested’ money into a range of t-shirts with a variety of slogans, I was somewhat disturbed to read this today: A man spotted wearing a T-shirt bearing an “offensive” slogan in a city centre has been warned he risks an £80 fine if he is caught again. […] The slogan on […]
The Strangest Thing
What’s the strangest thing you’ve seen while walking/driving down the road? See, being a place of interest my little village gets a lot of weirdos and other fascinating visitors… but driving home after feeding the guinea pig last night I certainly didn’t expect to see an armoured personnel carrier with tank-style tracks heading in my […]
Madeleine Kidnapping was Neglect
If you’ve been on the moon for the past month you won’t have heard about the little girl — Madeleine McCann — who was kidnapped from a Portuguese holiday resort. Unfortunately, it’s all I’ve heard about, and while I’ve refrained from passing comment so far I can’t bear to listen to the media making martyrs […]
Standards of Education
How insane is the government? Perhaps you shouldn’t answer that, we’ve not got all year. However, we should be questioning the sanity of Professor Lord Richard Layard, a government adviser, who believes “the central purpose of schools should be to teach “the secrets of happiness”” (source). What bollocks. Schools are not a place to learn […]
Bloody Politics
Tory leader David Cameron has said his party must do more to keep families together, as a report suggests parental splits are creating an underclass. What bollocks. I’m not an “underclass” because my parents split, I’m an underclass because it’s better than being a toffee-nosed snob with my head stuck up my arse. I would […]
Gay Marriage Equals Polygamy!
I like to consider myself pretty broad-minded. I like to think that I can be friends with people who believe things that go against my own beliefs and opinions, no matter how ridiculous I find them to be. However, I cannot believe how bloody angry it makes me feel to see people blaming polygamy on […]
Cherie Blair?
Apparently Cherie Blair is walking around my college? I wondered who they were on about when they rang to say we had to be in early because we had VIPs walking around. I wish they’d given us a bit of notice.. I could have put on a nice shirt and my shoes instead my scruffy […]