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Told you so!
Panesar 5 for 129; Swann 4 for however many. Anderson 1. Broad nil for quite a few. Quod erat demonstrandum!
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Reality check 2
This morning’s Daily Telegraph reports that a couple in Rotherham, acting as foster parents, have had their foster children removed by Rotherham Social Services. Why? Criminal record? – No! Child abuse? – No! Why then? – Because they are members … Continue reading
Posted in Conservatives, Constitution, Politics, Religion, UKIP
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Canary birds
With kind regards to Cornish Republican, these birds feature in a mosaic on display on the Canary Island of La Palma. Saw them there last week.
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Reality check?
The failure of the House of Laity of the C of E Synod to support the consecration of women as Bishops has provoked the reaction from the Liberal Establishment that was to be expected. As a real, philosophical Conservative I … Continue reading
Posted in Conservatives, Constitution, Religion
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Playing India in India
I thought everyone knew that the Sub-Continent is famous for producing spin bowlers of all kinds, off, leg, wrist, fingers – whatever. It does this because its wickets are, by and large, very receptive to spin bowling. It seemed the … Continue reading
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More Westlothian I’m afraid…..
Back in February I suggested that Cameron was trying to come to terms with the constitutional mess Blair created. I hoped that was the case. Instead he has created a further mess of his own. The Scotland Act gives the … Continue reading
Posted in Conservatives, Constitution, Politics, Referendum
Tagged Cameron, Conservatives, devolution, politics, Scotland, uk
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