We could call the breakaway true conservatives something like this but our partners, UKIP and LPUK would retain their own parties. Let’s start pushing for this! It’s clear that the Tory disaffected are most disaffected and no doubt the idea of a split has been mooted. There does need to be one because there are [...]
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From Asia Times: With the recent appointment of Ilyas Kashmiri as head of its military committee, al-Qaeda has recruited a veteran who learned his trade on the battlefields of Afghanistan and during the insurgency against India in disputed Kashmir. Ilyas also took with him his elite 313 Brigade, which al-Qaeda claims it now wants to [...]
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Tory votes will now seriously think twice. Your humble blogger’s political background is that of a young 20s fabian making the transition to maturity and settling into a centre-right mindset, the older he gets. In a nutshell, he’d most naturally be a Tory voter, all being equal. Now I’m perplexed. With that opportunistic jellyfish in [...]
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Either the adjective or the animal please: cervine – d…….. c……. – crow equine – h……. v……. – fox elapine – s……. h……. – goat leporine – r…….
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The caustic commentary is a surprise here:
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Via Lord T, Grumpy Old Sod gives some examples: Gareth Corkhill from Whitehaven made national headlines when officers in body armour apprehended him at his home. He now has a criminal record which bars him from ever visiting countries like the US and Canada. He must disclose his shady past whenever he applies for a [...]
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Angus McIver brought out a book in the 40s, reissued in the 80s as The New First Aid in English. You won’t see it used today because it concerns itself with grammar rules, vocabulary and word usage, none of which are relevant according to The Modern Educator. It was also quite fun, giving the lie [...]
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As far as I’m aware, apart from the series of six articles in the old site’s sidebar, I haven’t done anything doctrinally theological on this blog. Mark Wadsworth has changed that in leaving a comment, last evening: I thought that the Pope admitted that limbo/purgatory was hokum, even by Catholic standards, two years ago. And [...]
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There are more things in Heaven and on Earth than we can conceive of. Calling the souls of the dead, calling to them to be of good cheer. All Souls’ Day is so called because Catholics on that day seek, by prayer and almsgiving, to alleviate the sufferings of souls in purgatory. It was instituted [...]
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Pic dedicated to Mark Wadsworth, a serial admirer of our milk and beef giving friends Either the adjective or the animal please: ? – sheep anserine – ? ? – eagle asinine – ? ? – cattle cancrine – ? ? – dog Answers tomorrow morning
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Another out-of-the-blue, straight-from-the-heart blockbuster from the Stargatemaster, Lord T. The nice thing about guestposts at this blog is that you never know when they’ll appear. I don’t like writing about politics because it is a waste of time. It’s only to dig the knife in to show my ineffectual frustration that I make any comments [...]
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Youtube is currently down and has been, on and off, for over an hour. This music may be in the post, it may not. Don’t know if Dearieme and The Economic Voice have given me any – gentlemen, I’ve … er … lost them if you have, apolglias.
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Sheep, not wild. Photo by Páll Stefánsson. That’s just so quaint of Iceland Review, to inform us, [in the photo caption above], that the sheep in the photo are not, repeat not, wild! It is necessary to inform you of this because the article which follows is about wild sheep and you mustn’t get confused [...]
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“You suckers” Firstly, another matter. Look, you can urinate on a picture of Christ all you like, Mr. David – it’s no skin off my nose. I just wouldn’t like to be in your position when the day of reckoning comes. The fact that you’re an utter prat is also neither here nor there to [...]
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Don’t you just love travelogues which unfold in real time? She could have written that she’d put on x nautical miles or whatever but instead: We’re still eating away at the miles and getting very close to the edge of the chart. So I pulled out a new chart and spent the afternoon looking over [...]
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MI6 reports: MGM have been struggling to refinance their crippling $3.7b debt. They secured a breather earlier this month with a forbearance agreement with its lenders, winning some breathing room and liquidity as it continues to grapple with looming debt payments. “With the agreement in place, MGM has taken an important first step in ensuring [...]
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It’s magnificent out there – dense fog and at the same time, rain on the window panes. My window panes are the twelve-small-panes-to-the-window-space type and the whole thing is so picturesque. Meanwhile, we’re as snug as a bug in a rug inside, the boiler is behaving and the Mac is on the knees. Let’s not [...]
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