43 days ago
Tonight, a kind friend is taking me to see Wrexham vs Oxford United. It really is a must win for Wrexham, yet to win a home league game this season. Natch I shall be cheering on “the town” if only to erase the pain of the last time I saw Oxford, a match where my daughter and I expected an easy win for Mighty West Ham but instead witnessed a humiliating cup thrashing.
755 days ago
The BBC is creaming itself as the Metropolitan Police has arrested 90 far right thugs marching with the horrible hooligan Tommy Robinson and just 12 folks marching for Palestine. You can guess the narrative about today’s peaceful protest for “peace” and how the far right is the real threat to peace. Well up to a point. Robinson and his ilk are vile but what actually happened on the main march?
1657 days ago
Last week, I flagged up the video of WPC Nusheen Jan shouting “Free, free Palestine” as she was meant to be escorting a march. In expressing a political view, Officer Jan directly flouted the Police Rulebook. Hers was a sacking offence. But…
2676 days ago
My business at the Greek Consulate in Birmingham was done with all the efficiency you expect of Greece - that is to say with long delays, over-runs and numerous stamps impressed on my piece of paper. I then hurried back to the civilised south of England as fast as I could.