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Colin Dexter, creator of Inspector Morse, dies aged 86
RIP. One of the great character-builders.
George Osborne appointed new editor of London Evening Standard
Eh? Eccentric doesn’t cover it.
Cleft stick
Here’s the way it is.
In the Independence Referendum, I voted Yes, because I’m passionately Scottish, and I believe that my nation can not only survive but be a force in the modern world.
In the EU Referendum I voted Leave, because I do not wish my grandson to be a citizen of the monstrous, ungovernable, riven Federal European State that I believe is inevitable. There’s already talk of the French ceding control of its nuclear deterrent to Europe.
Now Nicola wants me to vote again. She’s asking me to choose between remaining British or remaining European. The dozy mare is asking me to vote for the lesser of two evils.
Sorry lass, my grandson will always win.
Fall of the dinosaurs
Jose: Pogba the best player
He must have confused him with another Frenchman: wee guy, blue shirt, number 7. The tall guy with the blond dye job and the red shirt hardly kicked a ball all night.
Jeremy Corbyn Blames ‘Mischievous Misreporting’ For Labour Scottish Independence Referendum Row
fake news! He’s turning into Trump.
The future of commuting? First pics of 500mph ‘Hyperloop One’ test track
Wow. Gullane to North Berwick in half a second. Beam me up, Captain.
Thanks, regardless
eddiepepperell | eddiepepperell
Beautifully put.
Trump fans Diamond and Silk: ‘My president never says anything that’s stupid’
‘I blame the media.’ Articulate idiocy.
Donald Trump accuses Obama of ‘wire-tapping’ his office before election
This guy has the nuclear codes.
Hear hear
Some good news about Somewhere Over the Rainbow, my political fantasy, which until now has only been available in ebook form on Amazon and Kobo. Sometime soon it will be available in audio format, physical and download, published by Isis. Once I can find time to finish an edit it will also be available as a paperback on Amazon.
Look out also for downloadable audio versions of the two Oz shorts, Born to be Wild, and The Last Chickenpig.
SpaceX to fly two tourists around the Moon next year
Please God, let one of them be a 70 year old bloke with a huge ego and an orange bouffant.
http://news.sky.com/story/spacex-to-fly-two-tourists-around-the-moon-next-year-10784703
Meldrew moment
Her husband is British, her sons are British, her grandchild is British, but she is deported? When we allow this to happen we have lost all generosity as a nation. Time we deported Amber f*cking Rudd.
Missed
RIP Gerald Kaufman, MP, and thanks for your kindness as the Scotsman crime fiction reviewer.
Hold the front page!
I am delighted to announce that after scrutiny by PwC it was actually me who won the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay, for the film version of Skinner’s Rules starring Oz Blackstone.
David Miliband: Labour at its weakest for 50 years under Corbyn
He needs to go back further than that. Fifty years ago Harold Wilson was PM, having been elected with an increased majority.
Truth is Labour has never been weaker. Proof? Scotland.
http://news.sky.com/story/david-miliband-labour-at-its-weakest-for-50-years-under-corbyn-10780822
Sacked Leicester boss Claudio Ranieri: ‘My dream has died’
A ship called Dignity.
http://news.sky.com/story/sacked-leicester-boss-claudio-ranieri-my-dream-has-died-10780353
