Monthly Archives: September 2011
Taking pride in one’s children?
Here is Malcolm: a dyed-in-the-wool socialist, egalitarian, unredeemed subverter of the capitalist system. Here is an email from his eldest daughter: she is now “Vice-President” in a $35 billion corporation. On these occasions, Malcolm has a mantra: What would Uncle … Continue reading
Filed under social class, underclass, Yorkshire
Ever wondered …
… why, from Lerwick to the Lizard, from Llanwnda to Lowestoft, all those LibDem polling graphs came out the same? Wonder no more! As a special service Malcolm Redfellow’s Home Service brings you all of the LibDim crap that will … Continue reading
Would you like some cream with that, vicar?
Dearie me! Speaker Boehner is still having problems keeping his little dogies in the corral. The present issue is paying the disaster relief. Mark Warner was wielding the knife of brutal satire: “The Senate is saying . . . why should we, … Continue reading
Filed under advertising., Elections, health, History, Jazz, New Jersey, Quotations, US Elections, US politics
More to the point …
… what is the point of Janet Daley? Who does she represent? What does she stand for? Who ever elected her to anything? Is she not one of our more unnecessary American imports?
Filed under Daily Telegraph, Labour Party, Tories.
Nail, meet hammer
Both Tom Watsons — the golfer and the MP — are estimable souls. Both strike firmly down the fair-way. One is a wee bit more rotund. It doesn’t make him less deadly. Alas. Tom Watson MP seems not to have … Continue reading
Filed under Murdoch, politics, politicshome, Tom Watson MP, Tories.
Duvet time!
Oh, the joy of being sixty-odd pages into the latest Neal Stephenson! So: it’s early to bed, late to rise. And if wakefulness strikes at 2 a.m., so much the better. By the way … Anyone not keeping up with … Continue reading
Filed under Literature, reading
Here’s one we made earlier
You pluck something out of the ether: Andy Coulson is suing News Corporation, the parent company of News International. According to court filings, the lawsuit was filed yesterday. Huh?
Filed under Murdoch, politicshome, Tories.
All fired up
A high point in Malcolm’s career in elective politics was chairing the committee of the local crematorium. Mock it not! Thereby he ”covered” two hours of an “environmental studies” class, at ten-minutes’ notice, armed only with the journal of the … Continue reading
An ingenu at Brum
The Pert Young Piece around Redfellow Hovel has — just possibly — taken offence over the Guardian‘s rock correspondent. Not because of his taste in music. For some reason he was sent to observe the LibDems at play, in their Birmingham … Continue reading
Filed under broken society, equality, Lib Dems, Lynne Featherstone
Subjective judgments
The uncultured English need a cultural thought-police. Actually, they have numerous such operations, but fail to recognise what they are and what they represent. With the arrival of one Michael Gove as the arbiter of what is “education”, things have … Continue reading
Filed under Conservative family values, education, Literature, reading, Tories., World War 2
