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Triple Lock or Triple Threat?

To start with I will confess my bias. I am in my late 50s so getting to the stage where a big state pension sounds like a wonderful idea. I am also ill health retired on a defined benefit pension scheme and unable to work again, so I have a vested interest in keeping myContinue reading “Triple Lock or Triple Threat?”

Everything we see just fades away

Yesterday the Government said it would update ministers on their internal report into Sue Gray moving to be Keir Starmer’s Chief of Staff. A few problems with that: Making Sue Gray obey higher standards than almost every minister or Civil Servant over the last (at least) 20 years would be unfair. Made a day’s headlinesContinue reading “Everything we see just fades away”

He’ll rule no more

“A Lie Is Halfway Round the World Before the Truth Has Got Its Boots On.” That seems to apply to the ratings headlines about the funeral of Elizabeth Windsor. Papers like the Daily Mail, but other sources that are genuine news outlets, repeated that 5 billion would watch the funeral. Given the population of theContinue reading “He’ll rule no more“

And now open your eyes and see what we have made is real

I have said before that I hate musicals. Except Grease, which I saw twice at the cinema when it came out. My sister, Alison, and I were taken to see it by my stepmother (my brother, Mike, and other sister opted for something else instead). This was not my usual kind of film, but itContinue reading “And now open your eyes and see what we have made is real“

For Peace and Trust Can Win the Day-

I am sure that the European haters that exist in the UK are up in arms in about the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) stopping the Rwandan flights. Here is some information that might help understand what has happened and why this is not the European Union’s fault, despite this government trying to refightContinue reading “For Peace and Trust Can Win the Day-“

You’d better run from the Devil’s gun

I will declare my bias right here at the start. I am a Max Verstappen fan and I predicted that he would be a future world champion the first time that I saw him race in the rain. He stayed on slicks as every other driver either crashed or changed onto wets. It was likeContinue reading “You’d better run from the Devil’s gun”

Little girls hurt sometimes

All the newspapers calling for the BBC to be curbed or destroyed at the moment should check themselves. How many of them have illegally obtained information for a story. All the phone hacking and other illegal activities. No tabloid can claim innocence. The tabloids pursued Diana relentlessly for years and were the ones chasing herContinue reading “Little girls hurt sometimes”

Brother help me please

If you want to talk about something then you need to actually study it properly. If you don’t then you should shut up. I am thinking about the government’s report on race issued last week which has been seized on to say that racism isn’t that bad and young people should shut up and beContinue reading “Brother help me please”

I Don’t Care What Society Wants

loyalists. The former group fall in love with songs for days or weeks and then abandon them for something new. Loyalists find songs they love and love them forever – I am very much a loyalist. This means that my friends and family will not be surprised at the track that tops this list. ItContinue reading “I Don’t Care What Society Wants”

Phony Beatlemania has bitten the Dust

The second appearance of Mick Jones in the top ten (https://wordpress.com/post/fivemilesout.home.blog/2339 ) as part of the most credible, ethical and fuck the establishment band that ever-had mainstream success – The Clash. They were almost legendary figures as they were not on TV. They released singles and refused to have them on albums not to ripContinue reading “Phony Beatlemania has bitten the Dust”