Has anyone else spotted the irony in the fact that the man in charge of the country’s finances had to hire an accountant? Yes, Alistair Darling, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the man who is in responsible for this country’s economic & financial matters hired an accountant to help him with his own tax return. • Read More »
Tags: Alistair Darling, George Osborn
This whole debacle on MPs’ expenses has been fascinating. The other night the actor & comedian Stephen Fry branded the whole episode as a Tedious bourgeois obsession with whether or not they’ve charged for their wisteria. It’s not that important, it really isn’t, it isn’t what we’re fighting for, it isn’t what voting is about • Read More »
This post has been updated on Weds 6th May, Fri 8th May One of our local pubs, The Tumbledown Dick (The Tumble Down Dick), was shut down on 12th February 2008 for “environmental health reasons”. Whilst there’s no argument that the pub was in need of a serious renovation it’s a crying shame that this • Read More »
Tags: #UKpubs, Farnborough, The Tumbledown Dick