Author Archives: Giolla

You can’t trust a copper

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It’s true it seems you can’t trust a copper to actually know the law they’re meant to be enforcing. The Metropolitan police commissioner has admitted that his police sometimes forget the law on photography (not that it’s been a high profile issue or anything), and of course the plastic police have been found to delete photographs unlawfully. None of which of course is particularly news, and is hardly surprising given that the chief constables are ignoring the Home Secretary. But why should they worry about the law when the chances of any individual officer getting prosecuted for anything is so … Continue reading →

Appearance and aspiration will be subject to state control

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They really can’t stop them selves it seems, proving that they can be just as keen on controlling every aspect of our lives as the last lot. To counter the cultural pressures of thin models our new equalities minister has it seems decreed that the new approved size and shape to aspire to is size 14 and buxom. She will apparently be holding a body confidence summit to try to persuade fashion editors to impose a new body fascism on the fairer sex in this country. No longer will they need to aspire to being thin, instead they’ll just have … Continue reading →

Plugging away

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Rather than actually righting something I’m just going to point at other peoples writing for being far more readable than I. Firstly what I hope is old news to everyone reading this, LegIron has published a book of his short stories which judging by the ones he’s posted on his blog should be an excellent read. Free to download as PDF or better yet go buy it (currently with discount code). Utterly unrelated I’ve been pointed at a new (to me) blog: Still Drinking it’s a US blog and from what I’ve read so far not political but an excellent … Continue reading →