Tony Hatfield's Retired Ramblings

milosevic and vichy- not a good day for the coalition

this morning alastair campbell tweets campbellclaret Alastair Campbell Bloody hell. Boris compares Cameron/Milosevic ethnic cleansing, Tebbit says DC EU policy is Vichy-style surrender. Not happy party. the european scab was just waiting for someone to pick at it, and lord... Read more →

broken crockery- who done it?

after a couple of month's rest, yesterday i picked up christopher andrews' long, but worthy 'defence of the realm', the authorised history of mi5. it's october 1940.anthony blunt has just been employed by the service, and most of the secret... Read more →

digging ......... seamus heaney

Seamus Heaney (1939-) Digging Between my finger and my thumb The squat pen rests; as snug as a gun. Under my window a clean rasping sound When the spade sinks into gravelly ground: My father, digging. I look down Till... Read more →

40, 000 coat hangers!

this dropped into my in-box this morning. it's from miles kington's indy column a couple of years ago.. no mention of counsel rolling around on the floor laughing! A most extraordinary trial is going on in the High Court at... Read more →

the cuts! another survey not good news for the coalition

i posted a few days ago about the contrary messages of the youGov/sun polling on the public support for the coalition's first cuts. today's sunday telegraph show just how volatile public opinion is on this topic. it reports: the icm... Read more →

menu dal dia..€6.90- barcelona style

me and mrs rambler had been due to visit barcelona in may but the trip had to be postponed until last week. on tuesday last, the day before the chancellor was due to lay austerity on with a trowel, we... Read more →

When a Charity is not a Charity-try DHK Textiles and Robin Hood!

I've posted about this before. But today the 'collection charity industry' has found a new scam. About five minutes ago, a plastic bag dropped behind the rambler's front door. It was provided by a local company DHJ Textile Ltd. The... Read more →