Author: Dave Cross

The Vanishing Tories

The Guardian today has a front page with the headline Tories fall to lowest point for four years. They are saying that the Tory party’s popularity rating has fallen to 27% which is the lowest it’s been since 1998. Frankly I’m surprised it’s so high. The Tory party is falling apart. Since their defeat in… Continue reading The Vanishing Tories

Drinking (or, rather, Not Drinking)

One of the first entries I made here was about how I’d given up drinking. I’m still sticking to that many months later, so I found this article from today’s Observer very interesting.

Hare Kylie

Yesterday I was walking up Charing Cross Road when I passed a group of Hare Krishnas walking up the road chanting. Now I don’t know about you, but once I get their chant in my head it’s almost impossible to shift it. I can be chanting for hours unless immediate action is taken. On this… Continue reading Hare Kylie

Tony and Maggie

A report on the BBC site says that Maggie Thatcher has been praising Tony Blair again. When will he learn that being praised by the most evil person to ever sit in Parliament is a sure sign that you’re doing something fundamentally wrong.

Tubular Bells

Whilst I was in HMV yesterday, for some reason I noticed the Mike Oldfield section. It’s frightening that Oldfield is still pumping out the same music that he’s been producing for thirty-odd years but that doesn’t detract anything from the genius of Tubular Bells. This reminded me that it had been far too long since… Continue reading Tubular Bells

Pubs and Sports

I generally try to avoid being in pubs when sports are being shown, but this weekend I accidently found myself in a couple of pubs when there was some live sports event on a large TV screen. It was bizarre – and more than a little scary. Why do they shout at the screen like… Continue reading Pubs and Sports

Signing On

Been a long while since I signed on (there was a four week period after my degree finished and before my first job) so I thought it would be interesting to see if I could get any money out of the government whilst I’m unemployed. So on Friday I wandered down to the local Job… Continue reading Signing On

Poppies

Today is Remembrance Sunday in the UK. It’s always held on the nearest Sunday to November 11th. All of the royal family and the big name politicians get to lay wreaths at the cenotaph in front of representatives of the survivors from the two world wars. Of course, each year now, the numbers of survivors… Continue reading Poppies