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Roger Watson

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From the Man Cave XXXI

The HOPE not Hate annual report is out, the caliphate is upon us and Shabana Mahmood is English. We are hopeless at hate Despite dire warnings from our board of directors and our hopes, as expressed in my recent column ‘Will This Be the Year of Hope (Not Hate)?’, we have failed to be included […]

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From the Man Cave XXX

The Man Cave is celebrating its thirtieth column today. They have been produced frequently lately due to the never-ending stream of nonsense that emanates from our press, politicians and local council. But today is also another remarkable day in my own history, as I decided not to renew my registration as a nurse with the

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From the Man Cave XXIX

No sooner is one column filed than the relentless stream of nonsense, irritations and wokery floods in again. Today I cover the Gorton and Denton by-election, more Covid bollocks this time from Greece (and courtesy of our other Hull columnist) and colour-blind casting. The Halal-Organic coalition Quite what just happened in the Gorton and Denton by-election is

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Baftas

DAFTAs

I am delighted by the news that it will soon be acceptable to discriminate against disabled people (sorry, that should be ‘people with disabilities’). How often have you fumed as one of the wheelchair classes is wheeled to the front of the queue when boarding a plane or, in fact, whisked past you in almost

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From the Man Cave XXVIII

As-salamu alaykum. Thanks to a local friend and fellow TNC columnist who pays much closer attention to current affairs than I do, I get the occasional snippet that, otherwise, I would have missed. Muslims making a mint As this is the most holy, glorious and venerable month of Ramadan, we must all do our bit to

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King Charles and starmer at ramadan

Lent Mubarak! 

This year, Ramadan and Lent are going head to head, with the start of Ramadan falling on Shrove Tuesday – the day right before Lent begins on Ash Wednesday. So they’re off, heading down the back straight as it were, competing for attention. Obviously, our leaders at Buckingham Palace and the Palace of Westminster heard the outcry

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From the Man Cave XXVI

The man cave has been uninhabited for a while as I have been working in Italy. It was cold and wet, but I would far rather be cold and wet in Italy than in Hull. The food is better and so is the wine. And so is the Prime Minister. I have expressed my crush on Italian Prime Minister, gorgeous Giorgia Meloni, in

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