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Adam Hills – “UKIP is independent in the same way a recently divorced man is independent” 27 Aug 2013 | 01:43 am
Given that I stole his catch phrase for the title of my recent rant about Stuart Wheeler, I hope that it is ok to repay Adam by including his UKIP rant from last Wednesday’s “The Last Leg“. (Warning ...
Do you want a graduate career without getting covered in oozy, yukky stuff? Computer Science could be for you! 27 Aug 2013 | 01:28 am
According to Chart 4 of 2011/12 destination of leavers from higher education, published by the Higher Education Statistics Agency, the highest unemployment rates for UK resident graduates with first d...
Link rot 24 Aug 2013 | 05:20 pm
One of the enduring problems of running a website or blog is the curse of link rot. Whenever I write articles I always try to find (non-wikipedia if possible) sources to back up my arguments. However,...
Has my fattest chicken just fallen off its perch? 21 Aug 2013 | 02:14 am
Nick Clegg’s silence over the David Miranda detention has got me worried that my fattest chicken may have just fallen off its perch to be carried away in the jaws of rationalism and despair. I hope Ni...
Stop being a dick, Stuart Wheeler 15 Aug 2013 | 11:20 pm
Using the form of words favoured by comedian Adam Hills, Stuart Wheeler, the UKIP treasurer, needs to stop being a dick. The latest drivel he’s reportedly spouting is that because women, in his opini...
The return of the psycho 10 Aug 2013 | 04:23 pm
Prompted by a message this morning on the OU Psychology Graduates Facebook group, I’ve been re-reading the prospectus for the Occupational Psychology MSc I’ve been accepted onto at Leicester Universit...
Offensive offence 8 Aug 2013 | 12:10 am
There’s much in real life, the media and t’interwebs which is truly offensive. For example, the kind of knee-jerk misrepresentation of facts and data that a certain UKIP MEP was guilty of, not to men...
Flaming and trolling are nothing new – so what can be done? 31 Jul 2013 | 02:25 am
I happened to be listening to Richard Bacon on Radio 5 Live this afternoon. One of the topics he covered was the recent flaming and trolling incidents on Twitter. A couple of times I thought that he o...
You can never say no to Lord Bonkers 24 Jul 2013 | 12:00 am
A few days ago I was delighted to receive a communication from Lord Bonkers, formerly the Liberal MP for Rutland South-West between 1906 and 1910 and the only survivor of the 1906 General Election lan...
London is a miserable place 19 Jul 2013 | 12:38 am
Why on earth would anyone choose to live or work there? Today it’s been hot, smelly, noisy, bad-tempered and overcrowded everywhere I’ve been. Breaking with my normal habit, I picked up a copy of the ...
