22 December 2016 Khan Controlled From Manchuria Was Autopay designed by the Devil? By Chin Chin I don’t think it is the Russians, nor even the EU. None of them may like us very much but there is a deviant sadism here which takes the mind further east, perhaps to the legendary villain Fu Manchu.… Continue reading Issue 85: 2016 12 22: Khan controlled from Manchuria – Autopay (Chin Chin)
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Issue 59: 2016 06 23: Following The Map (Chin Chin)
23 June 2016 Following The Map Satnav would not have taken us to Naseby. By Chin Chin Harbingers of doom come in a number of forms and, generally speaking, depend on which god you happen to have offended. Upset the gods of ancient Rome and you can expect elderly soothsayers at every turn, droning on… Continue reading Issue 59: 2016 06 23: Following The Map (Chin Chin)
Issue 48: 2016 04 07: Cromwell’s Rule of Statistics (Chin Chin)
07 April 2016 Cromwell’s Rule of Statistics The new research on Lawrence disturbs our certainties by Chin Chin It quite ruined my breakfast. There I was, reading the newspaper, wrapped in that happy shroud of sneering cynicism which distinguishes the North Londoner, when my eye fell on an article about research done by the University… Continue reading Issue 48: 2016 04 07: Cromwell’s Rule of Statistics (Chin Chin)
Issue 39: 2016 02 04: Lynching Google (John Watson)
04 February 2016 Lynching Google Analysis of a tax witch-hunt. By John Watson What are the ingredients of a witch-hunt? No, put down that recipe book, I am not talking about a new form of gateaux but rather the sort of thing that went on in mediaeval England with ducking stools, ostracism, stocks, lynchings and… Continue reading Issue 39: 2016 02 04: Lynching Google (John Watson)
Issue 27:2015 11 05: Ban It
05 November 2015 Ban It Go on, Great Leader, you know you want to By Neil Tidmarsh China is overtaking us in the race for the future; it’s already so far ahead that the West is finished and little Britain is no longer significant. So we are told. I’ve never really believed it myself –… Continue reading Issue 27:2015 11 05: Ban It
Issue 24: 2015 10 15: Right on, Right Hon
15 October 2015 Right on, Right Hon by J.R.Thomas A branch tapping on the window, the dancing of flames from a decaying fire on the wall, the creaking of an unlatched door in the wind. Children see and hear things that scare them; but the grown-ups know that it is nothing. So where are the… Continue reading Issue 24: 2015 10 15: Right on, Right Hon
