Author Archives: john graham

MP’s Gravy Train !

Posted on February 28, 2021 by john graham

It only seems like yesterday that our Honourable Members of Parliament were under fire for fiddling their expenses.   In fact it was several years ago and since then the rules have been tightened and an “Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority … Continue reading →

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More Junk Mail Please.

Posted on February 21, 2021 by john graham

I have written a lot of posts grumbling about junk mail since I started this blog.       ( You can see my earlier posts by clicking on “GrumbleSmiles Post” in the TagCloud). Now in the drawn out days of … Continue reading →

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Pangolin WHO?

Posted on February 14, 2021 by john graham

It is just a few days away from the 10th World Pangolin Day, but should we be celebrating ? Pangolins had a lot of bad press last year when it was rumoured that they might be the super-spreaders of Coronapop. … Continue reading →

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If The Cap Fits.

Posted on February 7, 2021 by john graham

The sports pages lately have been full of stories about football players at risk of getting dementia from heading balls.   Almost half of the 1966 World Cup team have suffered from this dreadful disease. At the same time the … Continue reading →

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Geronimo !

Posted on February 3, 2021 by john graham

What’s the password ? That used to be a key question in my childhood days.   It gained you special access to a secret den  or a select group of friends.    Not everyone new the password,  that was the … Continue reading →

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LOCK OUT !

Posted on January 31, 2021 by john graham

Last weeks post saw the Last Laugh Looney Party proposing to lock every one in the UK in their houses, to combat the spread of Coronapop.   Now because the R number is not coming down fast enough there is … Continue reading →

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£1,000 Lock Inn !

Posted on January 24, 2021 by john graham

Coronapop is still raging around the country, in spite of the Governments second lockdown and Bodj’s Churchillian exhortations on TV to “ Fight the virus on the beaches”.    The trouble seems to be that infected people are still going … Continue reading →

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Lost !

Posted on January 17, 2021 by john graham

I am lost in a WordPress fog. As if Coronapop wasn’t bad enough. What used to be simple yesterday seems to be complicated by an ” upgrade”. It must be something to do with that horrible little symbol that appeared … Continue reading →

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Alok gets hot seat.

Posted on January 13, 2021 by john graham

My new old friend Alok Sharma is in the news again.     I haven’t heard from him since November last year.  . ( You can see our exchange in the Archive. ).   He was doing sterling work at the … Continue reading →

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RED, AMBER, GREEN 🌈

Posted on January 1, 2021 by john graham

Bodj has taken a year to find his stride, but now he has got it all figured out.   Brexit is sorted after a fashion.   A non-detailed Bodj sort of way. For 2021 he has come up with a … Continue reading →

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