Since I let slip I was writing my first book, I’ve had lots of enquiries and questions from friends, readers and acquaintances. I wasn’t being deliberately rude when I refused to say anything. Not at all. It’s just that I’ve found, in the past, I tend to ‘talk the idea out’. That is to say, if [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Politics’
Soldiers Are Not Heroes
Posted: 4th April 2012 by Harry in BLOG, POLITICS & CURRENT AFFAIRSTags: Afghanistan, Heroes, Politics, Soldiers, Tanker Drivers, Unions
You might need to sit down for this one. Ready? OK, here goes… Soldiers aren’t heroes. There. Shocking, eh? Well, consider this; the army, like any organisation comprising hundreds of thousands of men and women, will contain almost as many different types as there are people. There will be the diligent and the lazy, the [...]
A Tale Of Two States : Azhar Ahmed To Stand Trial
Posted: 22nd March 2012 by Harry in BLOG, POLITICS & CURRENT AFFAIRSTags: Afganistan, Azhar Ahmed, EDL, Politics, racism, Scott McHugh
Dewsbury Magistrates’ Court was an unsettling place to be on March 20th. It was here that current far-right bête noire, Azhar Ahmed, appeared to face a charge of committing a ‘Racially Aggravated Public Order Offence’. As previously reported http://www.sabotagetimes.com/life/azhar-ahmed-and-scott-mchugh-a-tale-of-two-states/, Ahmed took strong exception to the blanket media coverage of the six servicemen from the Yorkshire [...]
One Rule For Them…
Posted: 31st January 2012 by Harry in BLOG, POLITICS & CURRENT AFFAIRSTags: Bonuses, David Cameron, Pensions, Politics, Stephen Hester
You have to laugh. Poor old Stephen Hester has been bullied into declining his near-million pound bonus after a public outcry. The Royal Bank of Scotland exec was joined by RBS head-honcho, Sir Philip Hampton, who also knocked back his £1.4 million ticket on the gravy train. Bless ‘em. It’s the arguments surrounding these two [...]
Thatcher Remembered
Posted: 28th December 2011 by Harry in BLOG, POLITICS & CURRENT AFFAIRSTags: Politics, State Funeral, Thatcher
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First published by Sabotage Times, http://www.sabotagetimes.com/people/the-best-way-to-deal-with-margaret-thatchers-legacy-is-to-destroy-it/ January 2012 Among the many valuable lessons that history has bequeathed is the undeniable truth that it is written by the victors. Or perhaps rewritten would be nearer the mark. It’s well worth you bearing this in mind because very soon Margaret Hilda Thatcher will die. Possibly, some would [...]