Kirk McCambley attacks and the TNF

The young man caught up in the Iris Robinson affair story is currently at the centre of a serious attack storm on Facebook. Back at Queen’s University, we had a concept known as the ‘TNF’ which people used to guess the political views of a candidate...
A letter from a solicitor

A letter from a solicitor

Dear Sir/s I write on behalf of my client, Rt. Hon. Peter Cuckold MP, MLA, on matters relating to allegations of impropriety of himself and his wife, Hon. Iris Cuckold MP, MLA. My client wishes to make it entirely clear, for the elimination of doubt, that he does not...
An open letter to Comrades Hoon and Hewitt

An open letter to Comrades Hoon and Hewitt

Dear Comrades Hoon and Hewitt, Let me first say that I am shocked, dismayed, disgruntled, flabbergasted, confused, angered, humbled, incensed, overwhelmed, overjoyed, under-impressed, reddened and outraged by your actions of the last few days. Like you, many years ago...
Sour Grapes in a Snow Storm

Sour Grapes in a Snow Storm

So, the plot against Gordon Brown has died on its feet.  Patricia Hewitt has seen for herself why the armed forces felt less than impressed by Geoff Hoon’s goat-like nimbleness, when he gave the arse of all interviews on the BBC Newsnight programme. Nick...

Becoming a Mac user

I’m still a PC, but today I bought myself a MacBook Pro 13 inch.  It is a stunningly beautiful piece of kit, and it is a pleasure to use.  Mac OS X is a great operating system, and so much I have wanted to do today, to align my communications, to copy...

A very memetic xmas

As an ‘in your face’ atheist, I am often accused of being a big old humbug party pooper, a downer on those others celebrating the birth of Christ. The idea persists, however much evidence exists to the contrary, that my primary objective at this time of...