Random thoughts of a Random man

Occasional thoughts by David Random on current affairs in the UK.

Saturday, July 06, 2019

A plague on both...

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I suppose I should say something about the current contest for the leadership of the Conservative party.  Except that I can't find anyth...
Tuesday, June 04, 2019

Compare and contrast

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There are those who don't want Donald Trump here.  The counter-argument is that he is here, not as Donald Trump, but as President of the...
Friday, May 31, 2019

Ha ha

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Liked this one from my pensioner's magazine - When a husband and wife who worked for a circus went to an adoption agency, the social w...
Tuesday, May 14, 2019

Ooh, you can't say THAT!

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Did you know that "rooster" as a name for an adult male chicken was invented by 18th century puritans in America, so they didn...
Friday, April 19, 2019

Freedom of speech?

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You may remember that, some ten years ago, I posted about a street preacher - I think it was in Wolverhampton - who was arrested for telling...
Monday, April 15, 2019

Tiger Woods

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I don't really follow golf, and can't get excited about the way American sportsmen dominate this and other sports, but remembering t...
Wednesday, April 10, 2019

Words

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I always thought "feral" meant "wild" but apparently not so.  A wild animal is wild, is wild, and evermore shall be so. ...
Sunday, April 07, 2019

Quids In!

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So Tiger Roll did the bizzie and came home at 4/1.  Looking back, this is the 9th year I've given you my silly system pick for the Natio...
Thursday, April 04, 2019

Grand National

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Afraid my silly system has rather disappointed this year.  It's come up with Tiger Roll, who was last year's winner and looks like s...
Sunday, March 31, 2019

Err...can I come in?

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I've posted before about the very real difference between the city of London and the City of London (see 18/5/16).  One fascinating fact...
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