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How Did We Come To This?: January 2012
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How Did We Come To This? A Daily Rant About Politics, Politicians, Political Correctness and the Stupidities of Life. Tuesday, 31 January 2012. And that is of course fundamentally why the UK did not join. It did not stack up financially and nor did it suit our politics. History may judge that this is the only decision that Gordy got right. Remember that Tony was all for it and it was Gordy who held the line. Good old Gordy. I knew I liked him! The reality today is that Greece is now in complete meltdown&...
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How Did We Come To This?: April 2012
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How Did We Come To This? A Daily Rant About Politics, Politicians, Political Correctness and the Stupidities of Life. Wednesday, 11 April 2012. How Fragile We Are, How Fragile We Are. With apologies to Sting. You know it's getting to you and you're going down in flames when you start bursting into tears. For no good reason. Get a grip, Ken. Posted by Melvin Cragsbury (a pseudonym). Tuesday, 10 April 2012. So Rick Santorum has thrown in the towel. My man wins as I wanted. 3 Who will the running mate be?
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How Did We Come To This?: May 2009
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How Did We Come To This? A Daily Rant About Politics, Politicians, Political Correctness and the Stupidities of Life. Thursday, 28 May 2009. You can't defy the markets, Ms Kirkbride. As I predicted here. Posted by Melvin Cragsbury (a pseudonym). Wednesday, 27 May 2009. Now I am pro-EU, albeit after hefty reform, but this is just mad:. Http:/ devilskitchen.me.uk/2009/05/yet-more-evidence.html. Posted by Melvin Cragsbury (a pseudonym). Monday, 25 May 2009. Posted by Melvin Cragsbury (a pseudonym). Despite ...
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How Did We Come To This?: Desperation Politics
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How Did We Come To This? A Daily Rant About Politics, Politicians, Political Correctness and the Stupidities of Life. Saturday, 31 March 2012. Brain donor of the week. Who sustained 40% burns when attempting to decant petrol from one container to another in her own kitchen with the gas cooker alight. Opportunist of the week. The man who wants to be our Chancellor of the Exchequer giving an interview and actually trying to blame Francis Maude for the injuries sustained by the woman. Make you mind up).
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How Did We Come To This?: January 2010
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How Did We Come To This? A Daily Rant About Politics, Politicians, Political Correctness and the Stupidities of Life. Saturday, 2 January 2010. The 4 Rs - Part 1. I thought there were just 3 Rs I hear you say. Nope. There’s now 4. Call them Melvin’s 4 Rs. The first two are just too difficult to answer and shall be consigned to the ‘too hard’ tray. But the third one I have an answer to. Melvin’s 4 Rs. Here goes:. My 4 Rs are: Risk, Respect, Reward and Regulation. Today, we shall deal with Risk. Brit Dude ...
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How Did We Come To This?: December 2009
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How Did We Come To This? A Daily Rant About Politics, Politicians, Political Correctness and the Stupidities of Life. Thursday, 10 December 2009. Posted by Melvin Cragsbury (a pseudonym). That the latest batch of Parliamentary expenses were released at 0600 hrs this morning, the morning after the Pre-Budget Report. No plan there at all. Just a coincidence. Posted by Melvin Cragsbury (a pseudonym). Wednesday, 9 December 2009. Let's Have Some Common Sense. Bad thing - 12.5 million state pensioners, 7 m...
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How Did We Come To This?: Interpreting By-Elections
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How Did We Come To This? A Daily Rant About Politics, Politicians, Political Correctness and the Stupidities of Life. Friday, 30 March 2012. Much arrant nonsense is always talked about by-elections, both before and after. Today was no exception. So I thought I’d give you…drum roll please…Melvin’s Top 10 By-Election Tips. Tip 4 - If the Government candidate does well, however, then that is probably significant. Tip 8 - The party which wins, claims “this is an historic victory which will change the m...
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How Did We Come To This?: The Powers That Bcc
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How Did We Come To This? A Daily Rant About Politics, Politicians, Political Correctness and the Stupidities of Life. Saturday, 7 April 2012. The Powers That Bcc. What a hoo-ha about bugger all. ‘Surveillance Dave’ going back on his pre-election verbiage about civil liberties, according to that horrible combination of the opportunistic Left. And the mad Right. As ever, the facts…. Posted by Melvin Cragsbury (a pseudonym). Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Share My Cynicism Around. Is a 40 something blo...
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How Did We Come To This?: Politicians' Tax Affairs
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How Did We Come To This? A Daily Rant About Politics, Politicians, Political Correctness and the Stupidities of Life. Saturday, 7 April 2012. As I blogged a few days ago. All the London Mayoral candidates have now released some tax information. Ken’s is incomplete, incorrect and designed to obfuscate his real situation. But after the media upped the ante on this whole issue, Boy George has now said he is up for the debate on whether frontline politicians should publish their tax returns. As in the USA.
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The Thinking Policeman: A Former Police Officer's Blog: Federation RIP
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The Thinking Policeman: A Former Police Officer's Blog. The Ramblings of a Retired Police Inspector and Accounts from Serving Colleagues about Crime and Punishment, Law and Disorder, Governance, Paperwork and Bureaucracy. Tuesday, 23 April 2013. Police Federation of England and Wales. The Chair of the PFEW, Steve Williams, has recently published a report. Did he mention that the Scottish Justice Secretary has clearly stated. That the police should be compensated for not having industrial rights? Followin...
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