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Riots

Starmer Must Apologise

Don’t get me wrong, I wasn’t expecting anything like an intelligent, nuanced and thoughtful response to the recent protests following the Southport murders. Statesmanship is not the St Pancras Pabloite’s forte. And Mr Starmer was in Magic Grandpa’s shadow cabinet, after all. But I was expecting at the very least a nod, albeit an insincere

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Keir Starmer

Starmer Picks a Side 

In the first big test of his premiership, Keir Starmer has addressed the ‘far-right’ riots in response to the Southport murders. For anyone vaguely familiar with the concept of cause and effect, it was always obvious which part of the equation Starmer would be most keen to highlight. Statesmanship and leadership are ethereal concepts at

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Olympic rings

Woke Olympics

The 2024 Paris Olympics has been blighted by the country’s decision to change the format of the opening ceremony. Formerly a celebration of athletic excellence, this year’s cérémonie d’ouverture was downgraded to an immersive cultural tour; highlighting the French contribution to artwork, full of le wokeism and mistakes. Traditionally, athletes from all countries competing in

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Premium bonds

My Word Is My Bond

State-sanctioned ‘theft’ from the deceased takes many creative forms: Inheritance Tax, intestacy rules, not honouring ‘in perpetuity’ freehold burial plot deeds, and sneakily it seems even pinching their Premium Bonds (PBs)! Living PB holders may lose out by not using other investment vehicles, but these lack the monthly thrill of imagining a big £5,000 to

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Silence

Other People’s Noise

I’m sure other people’s noise didn’t use to bother me nearly as much as it does now. For a while I assumed it was simply a facet of age; and yet when I bring this up with my close friends, none of them report a similar experience (at least those who heard me ask the

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Barbie

In a Barbie World

In a world of unrestrained wokeness, Mattel, the manufacturers of Barbie and Ken dolls, have surpassed themselves. In fact, they could be considered to be taking the right royal piss out of the doll purchasing public, mainly young girls (although..). Not content with producing dolls in a variety of shades to please nobody and, in

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Pensions

The State Pension Maze 

Do you know at what age you’ll finally get some state supplied weekly lucre? (WASPIs please don’t answer!) N.b. some sources say retirees will be written to, inviting a claim; others say it’s entirely up to the would-be retiree to instigate their claim. Similarly, do you know how many (qualifying) years of National Insurance payments

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