Colonel Irrelevant

I don’t know what it is about Cameron but his repeated calls for a ‘Big Society’ really grate. The way this Government attacks the weak and powerless and tries to shift blame onto ‘us’ for the reckless fraud of investment bundlers is bad enough but being told that I should spend more time volunteering and [...]

Has a politician in recent years been more smug and vicious than Osbourne, or more incompetent than Gove or more odious than Pickles?

It’s been a mad few months hence the lack of blogging. Add in Twitter and finding the time to blog has been hard. Looking back, 2010 was a hard year. We’ve had too many doctors to see, too little time to enjoy things but we have made new friends and had new experiences. It’s been [...]

I came across Ban T-Shirts via Twitter (@Col_Irrelevant if you can be bothered). Seems like my kind of t-shirts although I don’t agree with all of the slogans. But that’s the way of t-shirts I suppose. Some you like, some you don’t. I liked this one Have a look and see what you think!

I’m not a Catholic so a visit by the Pope to the UK was a source of interest and amusement. Watching the coverage made me smile and wince in almost equal measure. The Pope in this version is not someone I admire. I find some of his previous actions nasty and inexcusable. I also find [...]

It’s been a while since we arrived. It’s good for the most part but yesterday was a sad day. The day of the National Strike. No one wanted it, everyone knew nothing would change because decisions about national direction are now taken by bankers, investors and other people. Personally, it made me sad to see [...]

I went to see a business today and was presented with a CD of big band music covers of Elvis, Tom Jones, Frank Sinatra, etc. All done by the owner of the Company we were visiting. Strange or what?

So we have two sides here. One is a legitimate business the other is rotten service etc. Decide what you want to believe. Me? I know who I rent with.

With Twitter offering immediate interaction with the world, I’ve been sadly remiss with blogging. So, a random summary just to get back on track: Budget cuts politically motivated: unnecessary risks for no benefit: Coalition government means Clegg swallowing everything Cameron wants despite the fall in support and lack of manifesto connection: Gratz to Spain on [...]

Well, England are out. It was only a matter of time despite all kinds of delusion that we had some kind of Golden Generation that were positively going to win the cup. The tournament was a sad sight to see. England weren’t good enough in most departments, the selection remained static, players went missing and [...]