Alive & Twitching

I was saddened to read in The Times yesterday that  David Rathband, the policeman who was shot in the face by Raoul Moat, has been advised by doctors that he has been blinded in both eyes. At the end of the article it was mentioned that more than 21,000 people had joined a Facebook tribute page called RIP Raoul Moat You Legend, many of them praising Moat for shooting a policeman. That really shocked me. read more »

So England are out of the World Cup. read more »

Last Sunday, 16th May, The Mail on Sunday published an article based on a secret recording of a private conversation between Lord Triesman, the then Chairman of the Football Association and the leader of England’s bid for the 2018 World Cup, and a woman named Melissa Jacobs who had previously worked for him and who may or may not have been his former mistress. read more »

(1) Nature or nurture? and (2) Difficulty in hearing dialogue on DVDs read more »

I heard the news today…and it was enough to make me want to sell up and emigrate. read more »

(1) Solicitors, (2) the police and (3) the teaching of history read more »

As the world struggles to survive an economic crisis caused by the greed and incompetence of various senior members of the banking profession, aided and abetted by hopelessly flawed Government policies, I would like to draw attention to the people who inhabit the nether regions of of Financial Services, the staff collectively known as “Admin”. read more »

At an early stage of the uproar following the Russell Brand radio show last month, there was an item on the BBC1 News in which members of the audiences of two BBC shows were briefly interviewed. Some were people attending a gardening programme and the others, Never Mind the Buzzcocks. The first were clearly intended to represent older adults and the second to typify the younger generation. read more »