Though I’ve not really been able to take part due to a profusion of essays and idiots jamming trolleys into my back, I have been watching with some interest the developments at the Royal Park School. For those who don’t know, this local landmark has been rotting for 5 years after the council closed it [...]
The World Freak Show…
After banging my head on the cupboard on Thursday night, and going to bed with a sore head and a sulk, I managed to miss the most hyped-up offering that ‘Auntie-Beeb’ has had for a while. Well, other than Eastenders, which seems to beat it in the ‘Most Popular List’. Don’t we live in such [...]
Making a Pigs Ear of it all…
I have swine ‘flu. So I am told, from the very thorough medical examination I underwent from some idiot on the end of the phone. I have to say this is the best thing that has ever happened to me. Not because I get to spend a week in bed, alternately sleeping and complaining on [...]
Weltschmerz
Last night, for the first time ever, I actually felt physically ill on reading the news. Not some bombing, some mass murder, the gang rape of a child or something. But the news that I am ‘represented’ in Europe by the BNP. Well, this goose-stepping psychopath does not represent me. I care little enough about [...]
Giving them drugs, taking their lives away…
I should be writing my dissertation, but this requires comment. Finally, in peer reviewed journals, sensible discussion on the risks of drugs is coming to the fore. This is something that the late Nicholas Saunders commented on nearly 20 years ago, though his statistical assessment put the risk as similar to that of fly-fishing. Whilst [...]
Two grumpy old men
Well, Jamie Matthews got back to me. Actually had quite a constructive conversation which was good. Though it is a shame it took a complaint to make this happen. From this I have had contact from the local police too… Predictable though. Police responses are reactionary (no shit, Sherlock) and of course officers cannot be [...]
The power of recourse…
Following the incident with the “builders” across the road, (and I use the term “builders” loosely, looking at the quality of the work) I have been active. It’s amazing what a complaint can do… or is it? The Police got back to me in the end. An ageing Sargent came round and repeated largely the [...]
Idiocracy
The quarterly waste of paper that is About Leeds, the council’s pathetic effort to convince us that they have a use, has just come through my letterbox. I guess for many it serves it’s purpose of instilling a sense of civic pride, taming the bewildered herd, as Chomsky (very tongue in cheek, citing Walter Lippmann) [...]
Hole in the Head…
Once again, I am astounded by the plain stupidity rife on the BBC website comments. One day I’ll stop reading it, but I guess I’ll lose a large amount of my entertainment. But honestly… So what is it this time. Don’t you know, the world was due to end today? A black hole was about [...]
To protect and to serve…
This is a rant about the police. Plain and simple. I have never really had much respect for the majority of West Yorkshire Police. They seem to have a great effect of generally disturbing the peace, hassling people about their business, and generally being a bunch of ineffectual pussies. Look at the “Hessles incident”, or [...]
