In Lewis Carroll’s Alice Through The Looking Glass, when the Walrus and the Carpenter take the little oysters on a long march along the beach, the Walrus weeps over the fate of the poor shellfish while he scoffs as many as he can behind the cover of the handkerchief he’s sobbing into. This image sums […]
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Not another radio drama about soldiers. Our 21st Century militarised culture seems to be shaping up with the help of an increasing number of army plays on BBC Radio 4 to go with the tedious humanisation of business drummed into us in programmes such as The Apprentice, Dragons Den, anything with Evan Davies, Secret Millionaire
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Heh! This is pretty much how I see Blair after he helped start the Iraq war using the dodgy dossier and other untruths to initiate a conflagration that still cripples that country today, not to mention the cost in money and lives to Britain. The bank that gained most out of the Iraq war was
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Let’s have a quick Tory tally this Easter weekend in case they come to bury bad news, not raise it. How’s it going with the Ancien Regime and are we having fun yet? Ever since they assumed power with the help of their Renfield Lib Dem crew, the unelected Tories have nicked from grannies, pasty-eaters,
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Whatever you think of George Galloway, the main parties should take heed. This is the public putting a rocket up your bum. It’s no use dismissing this arrogantly as the victory of “communalism”, “oh it was just the Muslim vote”, and all the other whining I’ve seen and heard since he won his astonishing 36
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The two million dollar bra The looting at the top carries on apace. While we wait for the results of the next vote on the break-up of the NHS, here’s a delightful Rogues’ Gallery of Tory peers and their connections to private health companies. Essentially, they are privatising our public services, removing the wealth via
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