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Oliverbose: 12 December 2011
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Ohhhhh boy, my boy… This, written with love that burns as bright and fierce and sad as ever. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). A completely foreign secretary. Louis Joseph Bunker Wingate. Sinverely, L Cohen. To hell with them. Can you hear them? David Cameron: Je suis a proper Charlie. Come and get me. A plea for 2015. Tesco unrules, OK? Lucky, plucky Scots. She taught me how to whistle. Toys for the boys in blue. Off my chest for 2014. All the way to the bank. Long faces at Findus. Bet - is - on.
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Oliverbose: Can you hear them?
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Can you hear them? The Greek Colonels are stirring in their graves, summoned from the afterlife by the jack-booted Christine Lagarde, the Darth Vaderette of the IMF, riding to the rescue of the world's oldest democracy (because the current one isn't to the liking of the American commercial, cultural and financial imperialists) to liberate. Utilities and other pieces of family silver from the incompetent, lazy, good-for-nothing. I can hear the Mikis Theodorakis soundtrack for Z playing in my head. The Roy...
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Oliverbose: Happy Birthday, Henry
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Happy Birthday, Henry. The beautiful boy would/should/could have been 27 today. See Facebookery for stuff. How much you are still loved, Hen. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). A completely foreign secretary. Louis Joseph Bunker Wingate. Sinverely, L Cohen. To hell with them. Can you hear them? David Cameron: Je suis a proper Charlie. Come and get me. A plea for 2015. Tesco unrules, OK? Lucky, plucky Scots. She taught me how to whistle. Toys for the boys in blue. Off my chest for 2014. Bet - is - on.
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Oliverbose: Irritating little git
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Our dear, much missed (double sic) ex-leader pronounces on the radio this morning (21 January) that he really rather resents the accusation that he might have held up the Chilcot enquiry. Well, excuse us for daring even to think of questioning you, oh Great One - let alone the select committee you appeared before, who had to summon you because you claimed you were "too busy" - perhaps massaging your immense ego in the Middle East. We didn't and we were right not to. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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Oliverbose: Clarkson gets his comeuppance
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Clarkson gets his comeuppance. It’s been a long time coming. But it’s obviously something he’s been courting. And is it a coincidence that his contract was due to expire at the end of March? Why am I reminded of Charles Saatchi having a go at Nigella’s throat? Speaking as a fully qualified saloon bar psychologist, I’d say there’s a distinct corollary between the swollen egos of such narcissistic men and the licence they give themselves to resort to physical violence when all else fails. Sinverely, L Cohen.
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Birth at the Pleasure Beach. A short story by Henry Wingate. It is early evening and it’s my turn. I’m the last of many, no one here to see. I consider letting go; howling or collapsing to the floor. Instead I control the brimming behind my ribs and catch my breath. It’s almost here now. Almost here. Something is coming. 8220;’Dis ain’t goan be pretty,” he moaned, turning away. Despite its short length Arthur’s tail had managed to hook itself around a loose rivet on the enclosure floor. The rest of the n...
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Oliverbose: Men in Hats
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Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). A completely foreign secretary. Louis Joseph Bunker Wingate. Sinverely, L Cohen. To hell with them. Can you hear them? David Cameron: Je suis a proper Charlie. Come and get me. A plea for 2015. Tesco unrules, OK? Lucky, plucky Scots. She taught me how to whistle. Toys for the boys in blue. Off my chest for 2014. All the way to the bank. Long faces at Findus. Jimmy Savile: not vile enough? Bet - is - on. Very confused dot com. A Trojan horse in Berlin. A bit of a riot.
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Oliverbose: Vatican't
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Oh dear, now Popey's weighed in: quoted today (15 January) as saying "One cannot provoke, one cannot insult other people's faith, one cannot make fun of faith. There is a limit. Every religion has its dignity. in freedom of expression, there are limits.". Nope, Pope. If your faith can't withstand someone making fun of it, there's a problem with it. And, if I remember my history correctly, religions have not been great respecters of each other. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Sinverely, L Cohen. The W...
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Oliverbose: Rotten democracy
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I’ve been trying to make sense of our recent democratic disaster, if only to myself. I’m no statistician – maths are not my friends – but I wondered how the House of Commons would look if seats had been allocated according to the national share of the vote, rather than the somewhat arbitrary – and much manipulated – distribution of constituencies. Instead of a majority of 12, the Tories would have been in a minority by 172. How d’you like them apples? Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Sinverely, L Cohen.
