Monthly Archives: November 2010

A sane voice from the Right

The end of the free lunch for bondholders. Mark Field, MP, socks it to us straight. Continue reading

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Filed under Britain, Conservative Party policy., economy, Ireland, Irish politics, London, policing, reading, Tories.

November

Reflections on the end of November. Continue reading

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Filed under Britain, Charles Dickens, Dublin., Ireland, Irish Times, Jacques Brel, Law, Literature, London, politics, Quotations, reading, Tories.

A liquid diet (don’t try this at home)

Benny’s experimental diet. Continue reading

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Filed under BBC, Beer, Dublin., pubs, socialism., Trinity College Dublin

La lutte continue!

A local matter: estate agents’ free advertising. Lawful? Continue reading

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Filed under human waste, Law, London, Muswell Hill

A wigging for Ken Clarke

Legal aid compared. Continue reading

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Filed under Britain, broken society, Conservative family values, Conservative Party policy., Law, New York Times, Tories.

Another day, another word

vocabulary: bloviate Continue reading

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Hordes of boards

Estate agents’ board. Continue reading

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George Osborne’s paean to the Celtic Tiger (2006):

Some things come back to haunt one. Continue reading

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After “roiling”, some “stirring”

“Stir-up Sunday” revisited. Continue reading

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Filed under Literature, Norfolk, Quotations, reading, Religious division, Wells-next-the-Sea

Roil riles Malcolm

Vocabulary: “roil” Continue reading

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