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The case of the odd couple

Have I missed something? These past few weeks, the British public has been ‘entertained’ by the goings-on at the trial at Isleworth Crown Court of the Grillo sisters (Elisabetta and Francesca), sometimes employees of Charles Saatchi and Nigella Lawson, on fraud charges. You’ll have to [...]

December 13, 2013 // 0 Comments

It’s pretty much black and white

I am simultaneously puzzled and irritated by the ex-serving officers and politicians, now aided and abetted by a Daily Mail campaign, collectively queuing up to demand that Sgt. Alexander Blackman of the Royal Marines, who has been convicted by court martial of the cold-blooded murder of a Talban [...]

December 8, 2013 // 0 Comments

Battening down the hatches

The news that the UK’s Environment Agency and Met Office have issued warnings about a blast of windy arctic conditions that will sweep the country today and tomorrow (Friday), causing widespread severe flooding on the east coast is naturally causing alarm amongst those who might become affected. [...]

December 5, 2013 // 0 Comments

Listening to the news as it happens

In the wee hours, as usual, I have been awake and listening to the BBC’s round-the-clock Radio Five Live. Live radio and television – or, more accurately ‘live’ broadcasting mixed with recorded items – tends to proceed as planned, and as its viewers/listeners expect, unless and until some [...]

November 30, 2013 // 0 Comments

Police reputation under pressure as ‘Plebgate’ enters new phase

Many years ago, I met up for a drink with a friend who had just become a pupil to a junior barrister. I should perhaps explain that the latter was actually the wrong side of fifty, but – because he had never ‘taken silk’ (become a QC) – he was still technically a ‘junior’. My pal [...]

November 27, 2013 // 1 Comment

It’s that time of year again!

The shortlist of ten nominees for BBC Sports Personality of The Year were exclusively announced on the BBC’s The One Show shortly after 7.00pm last night. They are as follows: Justin Rose (golf) Hannah Cockcroft (paralympic cycling) Chris Froome (cycling) Leigh Halfpenny (rugby union) Christine [...]

November 27, 2013 // 0 Comments

One more dialogue of the deaf

This week’s threatened Tory backbench revolt – and its political ramifications – over the Ministry of Defence’s plan for the reduction in size of the regular Army from 102,000 to 82,000 to save money, to be compensated for by an increase of the ‘Reserve’ (territorials) to 30,000, up [...]

November 21, 2013 // 0 Comments

Diplomatic advice

When I emerged from sleep this morning, as ever to the sounds of Dotun Adebayo’s Up All Night on Radio Five Live, one of the first items I heard was a report on the latest from the Commonwealth Conference taking place in Sri Lanka. The headline was that presiding Sri Lankan president Mahinda [...]

November 17, 2013 // 0 Comments

McCririck and the knacker’s yard

John McCririck, the former Channel Four racing pundit – and now losing employment tribunal ‘age discrimination’ litigant – is an acquired taste for most of us.  A deliberate eccentric in fashion sense, attitude and the social niceties, over the past three decades he had carved a [...]

November 14, 2013 // 0 Comments

CLIMATE TEASE

Today the newspapers report on a piece in ‘NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC’ magazine in which eminent scientists have projected what would happen if all the ice on planet Earth – some five million cubic miles’ worth – had melted. Normally, I’m not a fan of ‘What if?’ scenarios. As a parlour [...]

November 7, 2013 // 0 Comments

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