Category: A Blog Writer’s Observations
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The Daily Mail V’s Newport! Obnoxious Reporting At Its Best
Here We Go Again! Well, well, well. The Daily Mail has struck again, or as we call it in Wales, The Middle Class Panic Gazette. Middle England’s daily digest of outrage, and self righteous sneering. On 29th June in a feat of journalistic laziness so staggering it should be considered an Olympic sport, they decided…
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Heatwave My Arse! The Startling Truth, It’s Grey!
Not In Newport! Apparently, we’re in the middle of a heatwave, not that you’d have noticed here in Newport, where the sun is about as reliable as a politician’s promise (a bit like a Pembrokeshire promise but at least they do turn up…..eventually). The closest I’m likely to get to a tan is standing too…
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The WRU’s “Global Search” Ends at the Office Printer
Leighton Davies Appointed Chief Commercial Officer The WRU, that bastion of forward-thinking strategy and inspirational leadership, has completed its much-vaunted “global search” for a new Chief Commercial Officer. They’ve appointed a bloke already lurking in the building. Somewhere between the recycling bin and the vending machine, they found Leighton Davies… again. For the 3rd time…
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“You Can’t Do That Here Mate” – The Modern British Motto
Once upon a time, in a land far, far away (called Britain), a person could spot a good idea, act upon it, make a few quid, and maybe even enjoy themselves without being hunted down by an army of clipboard-wielding jobsworths shouting, “You can’t do that here mate!” Not anymore. Now, it’s the modern British…
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Gin and Panic!
Let’s spend a Friday night… There are many fruitful and virtuous ways to spend a Friday night. You could go to the theatre, for example. You could head off for a nice dinner somewhere civilised. Alternatively, you could, if you were feeling particularly saintly, even spend it on the sofa with herbal tea, watching something…
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Saucepangate 2025 I salute you!
Saucepangate – And so it begins! I’m not entirely sure when the British became allergic to their very own culture….but the other day I stumbled upon a story so absurd that I had to check my pants weren’t on fire and I hadn’t been abducted by aliens and transported to another galaxy! Apparently, a man…
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BBC News: Should we believe it? Is Social Media the Alternative?
BBC News – It’s all Doom! All the recent fuss over BBC News has got me wondering about whether I’m getting the full unabridged version of the facts. Everywhere on social media I read that it’s biased and frankly misleading. So today I decided to put the news on the TV to see what all…
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Pam says, ‘It’s time to brush up your Mancunian accents’.
Pam says quite a lot actually, but will you appreciate her insights? Pam says ‘Watch out for the budget!’ Sir Keir Starmer has warned us all this week that we should prepare for a painful October where he is promising us a riveting event……well it is for those who enjoy colour coded spreadsheets and find…
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Aging disgracefully: Well, Is There Any Other Way?
Aging disgracefully, is that my plan, or is it just how things will pan out, I wonder? The ‘R’ Word Last week we were sitting in the garden. (It couldn’t have been this week since it hasn’t stopped raining for long enough to go outside let alone sit out there) Anyway, we were talking about…
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Taxi for Sunak : I’m Doing a Little Victory Dance!
Taxi For Sunak! I can’t hide my delight! Thank F*** For That! Alleluia! There is a God. Finally, they’re out! That lying bunch of corrupt, vicious, festering, greedy, immoral, depraved, licentious, putrid, vile, degenerate, unprincipled gits who put this country through the mincer and robbed it of everything that was good. Shock News: I’m Not…