Tony Hatfield's Retired Ramblings

Gerry your Bitching is Just Plain Embarassing

It's really no good Gerry McCann bitching about the intrusive and speculative press now. I've no doubt, as he strenuously cultivated a celebrity image, he gave little or no thought to what was really happening. And it was so, so... Read more →

Cameron needs a Detention and Training Order?

I've almost felt sorry for David Cameron in the last week or so. A few days topping up his tan in Rwanda; embarrassed by Redwood taking over his tax cutting agenda then yesterday, his back room boys managed to pick... Read more →

Cosmic Gall

This morning, the why is irrelevant, I picked from my bookshelf a rather yellowing copy of The Faber Book of Science, Edited by John Carey. It is a wonderfully entertaining and educational anthology of scientific writing. The poem below was... Read more →

Francis Lawrence, Tony McNulty and the Human Rights Act

Until yesterday, I had considerable sympathy with Mrs Francis Lawrence. The death of her husband in 1995 must have been a traumatic experience. But we didn't hear or see her in the media calling for hanging or corporal punishment to... Read more →

Indeterminate Sentences and Public Protection.

Here, Brian Barder discusses indeterminate sentences, and it's pretty clear that he doesn't think much of them. His analysis divides into two. Such sentences, he argues, are not only wrong from the practical point of view, but are wrong in... Read more →

Chief Constable Fahy and His Appalling Clear Up Rate

The death last week of Gary Newlove has predictably brought out the worst in our media and perhaps, more surprisingly, from the Chief Constable of Cheshire, Peter Fahy. Gary Newlove, a cancer survivor and father of three young kids, died... Read more →

Outdoor Tomatoes-Even Up 'ERE

As you may guess, The Rambler lives pretty far north. This year's summer has been virtually non-existent, but I am still hopeful of eating a freshly picked Marmande tomatoes. This little beauty, the first to acquire that wonderful reddish colour,... Read more →

The McCanns- the MSM simply don't get it!

A couple of things that seem to have been misreported or ignored by the MSM following their lack of any critical faculties with this story. Yesterday, the BBC reported that: "Chief Inspector Olegario Sousa publicly declared that Kate and Gerry... Read more →