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Muddied waters rising

Let me see if I can get this straight – the current state of the EU renegotiation and the UK’s impending referendum on staying in or out is roughly as follows: We’re legally bound to hold the referendum by 2017 at the latest. Our esteemed PM announced a couple of years ago that he was going [...]

January 31, 2016 // 0 Comments

Another stage along the route

I guess that some might take the view – given the Rust’s brief and readership (age) profile – that one day this was bound to happen, but today I follow my colleague Arthur Nelson’s tale of his brushes with the medical profession by posting about my own hospital appointment yesterday at [...]

January 29, 2016 // 0 Comments

A big responsibility

Being a bit hazy on time things, I cannot quite recall how long I’ve been writing my occasional pieces for the Rust but I am much heartened by how at last Britain’s politicians are beginning to appreciate the wisdom of my musings. Having recognised this phenomenon, I am of course also conscious [...]

January 27, 2016 // 0 Comments

Meanwhile, back in the real world …

Last week the Google organisation apparently agreed to pay the sum of £130 million in settlement of a deal agreed with HMRC regarding tax upon its UK revenues generated between 2005 and 2015. At least I think those are the bare facts – it is difficult to tell because ever since the world and his [...]

January 24, 2016 // 0 Comments

Little doubt it’s going to get worse before it gets better …

This morning the first of what may end up becoming several junior doctors’ strikes over the issue of what has been called ‘the 7-day NHS’ will end. Industrial disputes generally tend to pass me by and this one certainly has. I’m not entirely sure why. It could be because I’m too thick and [...]

January 13, 2016 // 0 Comments

Worth another airing

Rust readers may like to file this one under the heading Iconic Moments From The Past – or just sit back, relax and briefly enjoy the simple 90-second footage and perhaps other personal memories that it brings to mind – but the story behind ‘The Gorilla Playing The Drums’ [...]

January 7, 2016 // 0 Comments

Stepping gingerly through the minefield

The issues of nostalgia, political-correctness and modern, ‘let it all hang out’, right-on, ‘any-old-how-will-do’ latitude are – quite rightly in my view – recurring themes on the Rust and I’m not the only contributor to put forward his or her viewpoint upon them. At my age, one [...]

January 7, 2016 // 0 Comments

A rewarding family gathering

Since Tuesday 29th December I have been staying with my ancient father at his home on the south coast. On Wednesday evening my cousin Patrick – who is over from America with his wife – rang to announce that, having spent Christmas north of London with family, they had just returned to the [...]

January 1, 2016 // 0 Comments

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