17 October 2017
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I thought it was about time I updated the website. I’ve moved it to a new, more reliable server (hopefully, no more of it regularly disappearing off the Internet every week!), put it behind CloudFlare to improve performance, and, finally, … Continue reading
24 November 2015
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I was in Morrisons this afternoon, and noticed that they’ve already started playing Christmas songs. Modulo the usual complaint that the third week in November is too early, it occurred to me that we really need some new Christmas songs. … Continue reading
20 January 2015
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The Huffington Post published a graphic attacking David Cameron which has become something of an Internet meme. So, let’s look at what Cameron’s record actually is on the things it mentions… “One million people using food banks” – because the … Continue reading
16 October 2014
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Right! now
Oh oh oh oh oh oh…
I am an alarmist
I am a pessimist
Don’t ’bout a lot
But I know what I’m scared of
I wanna destroy confidence
‘Cause I think we’ll be all diseased
In the city
Ebola in the UK
It’s coming sometime, maybe
Into Heathrow on a dodgy airline
Your future dream is a manic scream
‘Cause I think we’ll be all diseased
You’re gonna have to flee
How many ways
To infect you and spread?
Some of the best, some of the rest
Outsiders are the enemy, outsiders are anarchy
‘Cause I think we’ll be all diseased
So run away from me
Is this the IFPI?
Or is this the BPI?
Or is this the NHS?
It’s epidemic in the US
And very soon in our country
Another council committee
I think we’ll be all diseased
And I think we’ll be all diseased
With EBOV
And I think we’ll be all deceased
No rest in peace
Just in case there are any irony-challenged individuals reading, the above is a parody of the tin-foil hat brigade’s response to Ebola, and not a reflection of my own views.
12 September 2014
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September 2014. Boris Johnson selected as Conservative candidate for Uxbridge in 2015 general election.
September 2014. Scotland votes for independence.
May 2015. UK general election returns a Labour majority. Ed Miliband takes up residence in Number 10. David Cameron resigns as Conservative leader.
July 2015. Conservative party elects Boris Johnson as new leader.
March 2016. Scottish independence day. All Scottish MPs cease to be MPs.
April 2016. Labour government, now a minority administration due to the loss of Scottish MPs, loses confidence vote. Ed Miliband resigns as Prime Minister and calls general election.
May 2016. UK (minus Scotland) general election returns a Conservative majority. Boris Johnson takes up residence in number 10. Ed Miliband resigns as Labour leader.
September 2016. Everyone wakes up from a bad dream.
Or do they?
25 December 2013
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It’s Christmas day and I’m blogging about porn and censorship on the Internet. How sad is that? Anyway, there have been a lot of comments on social media about how various websites have been blocked by O2, including those by … Continue reading
4 November 2013
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I decided it was about time my blog had a responsive design. So I’ve grabbed a nice-looking free responsive template, which I’ll tweak a bit over the next few days.
31 August 2013
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The decision by parliament not to support immediate military action against Syria has led to much speculation about how this will affect the so-called “special relationship” we have with the US. Most of which is utter guff. The special relationship … Continue reading
27 August 2013
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As reported in the media, Facebook has published data on the number of requests it has had for user information by government agencies around the world. The full list is online at Facebook, but it’s on a page that you … Continue reading
20 August 2013
by Mark
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There’s been a lot of comment on the web about the detention at Heathrow of David Miranda, the partner of Guardian columnist Glenn Greenwald. Whether questioning him was necessary or not is still a matter of debate, but it seems … Continue reading