If there is one thing we have a surplus of in Crawley it is roundabouts. I don’t mind. It makes me feel at home, having grown up in Basildon – a place so fond of the things we had one with only two exits. They might be a pain at times, but at least they […]
Entries from October 1st, 2005
Reply to Tony Blair’s speech
October 1st, 2005 · Comments Off on Reply to Tony Blair’s speech · Politics
Tony Blair said a lot of things at the party conference on Tuesday. He spoke for a long time and said a lot of things, and everyone will have their own particular favourite part, even if its only a favourite part to criticise. The section which caught my attention most was this. First of all […]
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Language
October 1st, 2005 · Comments Off on Language · Life
For ages we have all been referring to the country Niger as ‘nigh-jer’ and then all of a sudden the BBC started calling it ‘knee-jair’. It sounded wrong because its not what we are used to, but were we just using the ‘nigh-jer’ pronunciation because we were just abbreviating Nigeria? Replace the N with a […]
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Abortion and crime
October 1st, 2005 · Comments Off on Abortion and crime · Life
There was a story in today’s paper, which Elephunt has already commented on, that really grabbed my attention. At least the headline did, but then it turned out to be a bit of a non-story. Apparently someone called William Bennet, who used to be in the Reagan administration but now has a radio show, said […]
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