Archive for the The Coalition Government Category

Michael Gove The Boat Ashore

Some things are sent to test you. Crosswords, Sudoku or untangling a tangled slinky, for example. Other things act as a minor irritant, such as a fly excitedly circling your head or Jeremy Clarkson. And some things just make you mad…


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Party Fears Two

October is a month that many of us lose enthusiasm for as everything suddenly turns dark and miserable. Yes, it’s Conservative Party Conference time again…


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Don’t Forget To Put Your Clocks Back

Saturday, October 30th – 7:04 It is dark. It is cold too which is no great surprise seeing as we are almost in November. It being early on a cold and dark Saturday then the best place to be is asleep in bed. Sadly the cats’ body clocks are about as regulated as mine and [...]


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Grin And Bear It

I am writing this post from the waiting room of my dentist’s surgery. The dentist is going to be about 45 minutes late for what is his first appointment of the day. I feel slightly annoyed at this, which is after all only a minor inconvenience, but fear that this may be a sign of [...]


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The Lib Dems (Coalitionally Revised) 2010 Manifesto: Part 2

After the somewhat surprising popularity of part one of my coalitionally revised Liberal Democrat 2010 manifesto, I present a summary of the key points of the rest of the manifesto in this, the second and final part. My original intention was to spread the updated manifesto over four days, covering each subject in depth. However, [...]


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