August 2005

Replying to this post, “Kevin” writes: You’re right about Hull fans. The only time I’ve ever been scared at a rugby league match was watching Wigan at Hull in the 1980s when some of the home fans charged the away stand. But it was a midweek match on the other side of the country so…

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No doubt everyone else noticed the report that the Govt. was again interfering with the exact details of the ban on tobacco advertising, exactly as a large donor to the Labour Party from the Formula One racing world would have wanted. I’m just trying to work out why Blair loves F1 so – clearly he…

Read More Tony Blair, Formula One – old post revisited

Given that the Orwells are meant to be a regular feature, I really must get one out for the last seven days quicksmart…and here it is. This week’s Orwell nomination for the political misuse of the English language goes to Sir Ian Blair, Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, for inventing the concept of a “Shoot-to-Kill-to-protect…

Read More The Orwells, No.2, and a note on policing

Well, here we are on August the 1st, which is of course Yorkshire Day! You may be interested to know that, according to the team of dedicated Germans from Blogcounter.de who monitor my traffic stats, last month saw a three-figure average daily unique hit rate for only the second time in Ranter history. On average,…

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