One of my interests in life is being able to ‘knock back’ a glass of ‘plonk’ every now and again. Probably, more often than is good for me. It has been noticeable that more and more wines are coming with screw tops, rather than the traditional cork.
One of my favourites, and one of the [...]
I’ve probably been rather unfair in some of my recent comments about the French. However, I have been nice about the Belgians, so I feel it would be rather unfair to class me as an anti-European. Heaven forbid for people to think that of me!
The Dutch have always had the [...]
As British troop losses continue to mount in Iraq and Afghanistan, Labour has once again shown its’ complete contempt for our Armed Services.
Several weeks ago Tony Blair promised to provide our operational forces with any equipment that they required. It is well known that our troops have had to buy their own equipment or [...]
The last week has seen me out and about. As a result, I’ve been unable to post any blogs and have actually missed the experience. I don’t know if anybody else finds it a cathartic process to ‘get things out of the system’, but I wouldn’t be surprised if they do.
Three personal events that have [...]
Sometimes it is very easy to feel proud of one’s country. No more so, for us, than when it shown that we can still excel at a high level of industrial output. From the country that succeeded in controlling world trade and brought the world its’ first Industrial Revolution, two more significant entrepreneurial achievements have [...]
A follow up to my earlier post today. Mario Scaramella, the contact who provided the list naming the Russian killers behind the murder of Anna Politkovskaya, has now gone into hiding. An Italian political source, of Sky News, is reported to have said that “Mario is very scared at the moment”. Nothing like stating the [...]
Yesterday morning, it emerged that Scotland Yard had launched an enquiry into the attempted poisoning of a Russian defector who had just gained British citizenship. He is currently under armed guard at an unknown London hospital. Litvinenko is a former colonel of the Russian Federal Security Bureau (FSB), and has become an outspoken critic of President [...]
Unfortunately, my new ‘blog’ will have no new entries for a few days, as I head up to the frozen wastes of the north-west this evening.
Thinking about how cold and wet the north-west of England is, compared with the sunny climes of the south-west, one does wonder how much climate change is hyped-up in our [...]
The previous week was one of shame for French national sport. Two former captains played a central part in the French media, with murder and hypocrisy to the fore.
Marc Cecillon, former captain of the French national rugby team, was convicted for the shooting and murder of his wife in 2004. The murder took place whilst [...]
For obvious reasons, my tabloid approach has not been adopted this weekend. However, Monday morning will see an expose titled A Week of Shame for French National Sport. A must for all those Zinedine Zidane fans out there!
