Colonel Irrelevant

The one thing we all learnt from the expenses scandal was the depths to which our elected representatives would stoop too to feather their own nests. Not all, of course, but enough. The days since Friday have seen the political parties, egged on by the media, continue to press for their own advantage despite the [...]

Well Gordon Brown has announced he is standing down as Labour leader. This opens the door to the Rainbow Alliance of the left-leaning parties. People are predicting this will be an unstable mix because of the differences in policy buy realistically it is likely to be no more or less stable than a marriage between [...]

Oh what nonsense we have. One weekend full of coverage based on opinions, speculation, punditry and nonsense. Cameron failed to win the election by the measures used. Clegg failed to increase either seats or vote. Brown is fulfilling his assigned role under what passes for a constitution. He won’t resign until a stable government has [...]

So the airlines want bailing out. Brilliant. What next? Donkey ride owners claiming for a bad summer? Your business may have suffered but so have the important people in all this – the passangers. The imperitive to agree some limits seems to have been in the airlines court for years and they haven’t done anything [...]

Far be it from me to tell anyone how to vote (and you are THE one, dear reader), but all of the nonsense about ‘weakness’ and ‘indecision’ from Cameron makes me laugh. I was a kid when Thatcher was elected. I voted at 18 in 1983 and had to watch as the Tories dismantled our [...]

Listening and Reading to the latest on the volcano disruption makes me smile. Stopping planes flying for safety reasons is sensible. But it costs money. So business gets upset. Ryanair seem to be refusing to pay for expenses because they aren’t flying and Willie Walsh is bleating. Well Ryanair can swivel because being tight in [...]

I had a considered piece that got lost so in sumary Nick done good Gordy was better than expected David you are still an odious Tory

Volcanic ash is dangerous to planes. The dust turns to glass causing engines to stop which is a Bad Thing. Engines stopping at 37000 feet is never good even if you can get them started again. So NATS suspend flights because planes falling from the sky is bad for the plane, the airline and the [...]

The latest proposals from the Beeb to slim down their work and create more opportunity for the Tories to give business openings to Rupert ‘i’m not rich enough yet’ Murdoch stinks. The Beeb is unfocussed at times but is stuck between balancing public service and political policy of their masters. Hiring freezes continue, great programming [...]

So finally back after Christmas. Another year older and more confusion in Spain. Lots more comments on rent-a-banger but for some reason they won’t approve. I’ll have a look later anyway I’ll write more tonight or tomorrow. All I can say for sure is leaving work after 7 and it raining for days on end [...]