In ‘t pub, down ‘t road

A very encouraging article from leg-iron about pubs:
No wonder the Righteous are trying so hard to close the pubs. They’re too late. These people will meet and talk at their homes if the pubs go. They will gather at street corners and in parks. The rage is too great to be soothed with weasel words [...]

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Go to work on an egg

It is apparent, from the surprise expressed in the matter of eggs, and whether or not they will kill one on the spot, that the Ambush Predator is too young to remember the business about milk.
When I was at school it was announced that milk was good for one. Accordingly we were all made to [...]

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Not just sexist

Harry Haddock on this story from the BBC:
Absent parents who do not pay child support could have their passports and driving licences seized without having to be taken to court.
One of the reasons I’m glad I detest children, and have none, is that I personally stand far less chance of falling foul of these highly [...]

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Jobs for all

A Very British Dude on the EU working time directive:
Just one small question, we’re in a deep recession – people loosing their jobs and homes you know. Could you explain how doing less fucking work will help the economy out of the mess it currently finds itself in?
{bouncing up and down, holding hand up, snapping [...]

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About goddam time

I am very much obliged to Martin, at the Devil’s Kitchen, for his fine piece on incapacity benefit:
Incapacity Benefit is one of those subjects that always produces more heat than light. It is not the existence of the benefit that seems to rile many, but the people who claim it. Any writer who substituted the [...]

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