Rant of the day

THE EXCEPTION THAT PROVES THE RULE I used this expression in my post yesterday. When I did so, I was reminded of a comment from one of my ...

UKIP With the exception of the Celtic fringes, third parties tend to do dreadfully in British politics. For more than 300 years, a combina...

CHILLIES Last night, at the school where I work, my colleague gave a lecture on the chillies that he grows in his greenhouse. That was int...

AUTOPSIES Whether or not to carry out an autopsy ought not to be something which changes a lot over time or across countries. At least I w...

DAGPENGE (2) As recently as August , the only official figure on the number of people falling out of the dagpenge system was 34,000, a dra...

PLANNING LAWS The disadvantage of living in a rich, well-ordered society is that there are lots of rules. And nowhere are there more rules...

A PRACTICAL PIG Today was a day for doing practical things. First, our new oil tank arrived, and was installed. Secondly, our new satell...