Flaneur and quietly pessimistic homebrewer.
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After Auberon Waugh accidentally machine-gunned himself, he described his first reaction as being one of 'mild exhilaration'.
Raven's descriptions of Greece in general, and Cyprus in particular, are unsurpassed. A personal opinion, not a debating point.
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My son is refereeing local Auckland rugby, because he loves the game. The newbies wear a jersey that says "FIRST YEAR REFEREE". Last week he looked after an under 15s outer suburban high school game. Abused by ADULT coaches, including one who crossed the sideline (illegal) and walked over to the kicking tee to abuse him.
It was all he thought about all week.
Do they want kids to referee? And what example is being set to the players here? Grow up people.
Warrington also fortunate to have the tubula rasa that was RAF Burtonwood within its boundary. You can see its ghost in the couple of hangers that still stand along the M62.
Pretending that no one in Orrell or anywhere else in "Makerfield" will notice that we're going through this farrago because none of the 410 current Labour MPs has the nous or ability to replace the incumbent PM. Clown car of a party.
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Reflections on what makes my hometown, and the constituency that Andy Burnham is standing in, slightly different
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There are probably two types of people: those who work in hospitals and those who visit/get admitted. As one of the latter, I can't watch a hospital film unless Gerald Thomas or Richard Gordon were involved in its production.
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New blog from me. A plea to understand Wigan on its own terms rather than viewing it merely as an extension of somewhere else.
Andy Burnham is running to be MP in the Makerfield constituency in the town of Wigan. This just happens to be where I grew up. So I decided to write about my home-town and what makes it slightly different.
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I thought the technical term for such vehicles is "sh@gging wagons". As Elaine said on Seinfeld, "If this van's rockin' don't come knockin'".
Excellent. Wigan has much in common with both St Helens and Widnes. I would have said Warrington too, but the former new town seems to have transformed it beyond recognition. All situated on the South Lancs coalfield.
Wigan Council empty the general waste bin every three weeks. The paper, glass and plastic, and garden waste on other cycles. (Spy stuff, courtesy of the wife).
Probably right. But if you're a mug like me that happens to live in "Makerfield", where you put your cross?
As a registered elector in the "Makerfield" constituency, I despair at the quality of candidate/party being touted. This by election is a metaphor for Britain's decline.
Wigan gave us George Formby AND Frank Randall. For these gifts we are truly grateful. (St Helens could only manage Bernie Clifton and Robert Dorning).