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All Work and No Sickness Absence Makes Cameron a Happy Boy
If this Government had a comedy catchphrase it would surely be ‘hardworking families’. They bloody love hard work. Which is weird, because most of them have never done any. Must be the mystique…...
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The Jason Donovan Board Game
It's Bank Holiday Monday and it's raining. So that's tomorrow's small talk at the work tea point taken care of. Whew. It's also a great pretext to stay in and finally play the Jason Donovan board game,...
View ArticlePublic Transport Idiot Bingo
Hey look, it's another article that didn't get to print. So let's dump it here in my writing graveyard / blog (note: need to work on selling it): Public Transport Idiot Bingo It’s costly, it’s crowded,...
View ArticleUrban Survival Guide: Walkers
What's this? Not another orphaned writing pitch? So sad. Let's give it a safe and secure new home here and tell it we love it like our own: Welcome to this essential guide to surviving urban walkers....
View ArticleThe funny side of disability
Ok, one last discarded writing pitch that I'm dumping on my blog. It's about the funny side of growing up with a disabled sibling: Growing up with a disabled sibling can be many things; character...
View ArticleI'm a little bit OCD
I’m a little bit OCD. Said everyone, ever. As they share the results of a Buzzfeed quiz on their Facebook wall. “It’s official; I didn’t like some pictures of things that were slightly misaligned and...
View ArticlePremature Death Stats & Learning Disability
Learned of a worrying PQ recently regarding a new NHS Outcomes indicator for premature death in those with learning disabilities. The indicator for premature death for NHS patients is 75. What this...
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Brexit
Many blogs and articles will be written in the run up to June 23rd, so I won't bore you with more words. All you really need is this picture:
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The Revolution Will be Meme-ified.
There's always been a lot to hate about Facebook. People constantly posting kiddie pics, dinner snaps, homespun philosophy, telling you why they are 'feeling blessed' But the most tedious aspect of...
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New Politics. New Tumblr
The people who brought you Bullseye Contestants present a new Tumblr to celebrate the New Politics. The one which is primarily based on sharing awful memes with like minded Facebook friends whilst the...
View ArticleWeird times
Woke up this morning to a weird anti-semitic meme being shared on my facebook wall, in the name of the left. Then read about the investigation at Oxford University about the rise of anti-semitism in...
View ArticleJeremy Kyle Out of Context
Back in 2011 I noticed that Jeremy Kyle often spoke about his guest's problems and foibles very passionately in the first person, so that it sounded like he was speaking as himself. Being the childish...
View ArticleKen Livingstone and Social Media Catharsis
It's been a long few days of tedium on the old social networks over the Ken situation...so I thought I'd add to it. You're welcome. Just be grateful I didn't call this an open letter. Anyway, I've been...
View ArticleThe PWC Heels Thing
I am sitting in bed listening to Katie Hopkins covering the 'sent home for refusing to wear heels' story on her LBC show. She has already said feminazis and vagenda. But anyway, let's not talk about...
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Mencap Family Blog
Back in 2009, disability charity Mencap asked me to write a blog for the family section of their website. It was published in several parts and covered my brother being born, right up to his leaving...
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His & Hers
During one of my many charity shop treasure trawls recently, I found a most coveted item. A game by Paul Lamond. Purveyor of such awfulness as Jason Donovan, Straight from the Heart, which I have...
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Say what you see
The whole time this was on screen Roy Walker was chirpily repeating "What's Mr Chips up to? What's he doing?" I don't know Roy, but he must be stopped.
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20bloody17
Well damn, I only just realised that I've not blogged since 2016. Sorry, I've lost all sense of time. This year has simultaneously dragged and flown, and now it's somehow September next week. And...
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Geek Heaven!
James's parents are getting their loft insulated - what a corking opening line to a blog that is - and during the clear out, we hit the mother load: A massive haul of James's 1980s Amstrad magazines....
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God Trumps
Just a quick blog to let you know that New Humanist is going on sale in selected stores across the UK from 26th August. (It used to be subscription only) Part one of my God Trumps game...
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