Author Archives: Giolla

The EU our allies

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There’s an awful lot being talked about the EU at the moment, apparently due to some budgetary discussion or other, it seems that due to the large number of well paid terribly clever people running everything for us over in Brussels that it simply isn’t possible to shave a single penny* of the budget lest the sky fall in. It’s ok though as those nice chaps tell us that we get loads and loads of benefits from being part of the happy EU gang, and they all like us as we pay in a fair bit more money than we … Continue reading →

#alcoholaware2012 – dry January no thanks

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Just as No-Smoking day became no smoking month, so the puritans and killjoys are following up Alcohol awareness week with “Dry January”. Not only do they want people to not drink during January – which is fair enough if you don’t want to and it’s traditionally the time of year for new resolutions and the like; but they’d also like people to be sponsored to do this to raise more money for them so they can nag us better. Dick Puddlecote has the details and in some ways it’s heartening to see a fake charity having to make it’s own … Continue reading →

Public service announcement

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A while back I mentioned that Olly Cromwells site was having problems, it’s still down and his provider are being oddly silent, however he’s back on a new address and still on form. So if you’ve been missing young Mr Cromwells florid prose you can currently find him on: http://thebexleyone.wordpress.com/ An account of the trials and tribulations with his previous hosting provider can be found in the first post. +3-1