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A few paragraphs

There are a number of potential topics for blog posts swirling in my brain which I’m not going to have time to write. I shall therefor attempt to address each on in paragraph form (Twitter style is a little too brief for me). We were at Maelstrom this weekend. We splashed out for a van [...]

Are the Armed Forces being let down by government?

Well the gruby counter accusations continue over a letter sent by Gordon Brown to offer condolences to a bereaved mother. For all the heat and noise it’s generating for the papers, no doubt not helping the poor mother come to terms with her grief, it’s become a proxy for a wider debate. Frankly I’m appalled [...]

Depressing day

Well up tonight waiting for war to start Regardless of anyones opinions either pro or against I did find it insightful watching the actual debate in Commons live, as it happened, on an Internet streaming feed. The power the Internet has given us to communicate with each other means we no longer have an excuse [...]