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Archbishop Cranmer and the ASA Holes

May 12, 2012
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The Advertising Standards Authority has received a series of complaints about the above Coalition for Marriage advert running on Archbishop Cranmer’s weblog. The complaints are about the claimed 70% figure for support for traditional marriage being wrong, that the advert is homophobic, and that some people are alleging that they are offended. The COMRES poll summary [...]

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The advance of technology

May 11, 2012
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I’m sure many of you will remember the tech of yesteryear. Yep, I mean the VCRs and tape recorders and record players that were around only a few decades ago. Such stuff as 8-track audio cassettes are now antiques in the modern world when normally “antique” means something over 100 years old. The picture shows [...]

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The French Experiment

May 7, 2012
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We have a new experiment. Monsieur François Hollande est Le Président de la République. The most immediate effect is that we all have to find the cédille key on our computers for the first time since François Mitterrand, and that’s before blogging began. Perhaps this time we won’t need the circonflexe if he has fewer maîtresses (with or without tître) than [...]

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Reasons to be Chairful

February 16, 2012
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For 4 years I worked in High Wycombe, the one-time capital of the world chair industry, due to Buckinghamshire beechwoods and skilled craftsmen. In Gloucester they roll cheeses down a hill and wave two fingers to the Health and Safety Managers. These are a very different group to the Health and Safety Professionals, who are [...]

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Time for Republic Bye Byes?

February 14, 2012
Republic Bye Bye

The oldest human being recorded in modern times was Jeanne Louise Calment, who lived from 21 February 1875 – 4 August 1997. During that time, her country, France, was governed by (take a deep breath): The Third Republic (1871–1940). A temporary government. Ahem. It can itself be divided up into Paris Commune, Royalist and Radical [...]

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Skunk as a Lord?

February 3, 2012
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Skunk: A person regarded as obnoxious or despicable. Sir Fred has been shredded. But it was done with considerable input from a political lynch mob, and as a symbol of the banksters (= banker + gangsters), and I’m left with more questions than answers. Was it a correct decision, and was it made on a [...]

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Empty heads and empty tents at St Paul’s Cathedral #olsx

October 26, 2011
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 These #occupy demonstrations at St Paul’s Cathedral are brilliantly revealing. It’s like a Pepsi Advert. They are talking a different language to the rest of the world and getting nowhere fast. The stunt in St Paul’s Cathedral churchyard is from the ‘media friendly’ humous-munchin’ cool-campin’ demo-hashin’ building-trashin’ revolution-mashin’ police-bashin’ wibble-generatin’ Starbucks-lovin’ anti-capitalist campaigners who have [...]

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