Monthly Archives: October 2024

Book Review: Wes Streeting ~ One Boy, Two Bills and a Fry up: A memoir of growing up and getting on (2023)

Posted on October 9, 2024 by odeboyz

To be honest I was repelled by this book before reading a page. I assumed he was presumptuous.1 I believed he was careerist student politician who’d got lucky. Wrong! Streeting is fascinating. He comes from a working-class background. (Most Labour … Continue reading →

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Blackadder, Baldrick and being an MP

Posted on October 6, 2024 by odeboyz
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A Roman Catholic joke

Posted on October 2, 2024 by odeboyz

“Father O’Malley speaking”“This is the Inland Revenue. Can you help us?”“I can.”“Do you know, Ted Houlihan?”“I do”“Is he a member of your congregation?”“He is”“Did he donate £10,000 to the church?”” “He’s just about to.”

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Kier Starmer’s Cabinet ~ Shirkers and Strivers, October 2024

Posted on October 2, 2024 by odeboyz

George Osborne divided Britain into ‘Shirkers and Strivers’.1 Keir Starmer is a Super-Striver, who has had two stellar careers. Firstly, as a senior lawyer and latterly as Prime Minister. He’s a Super Striver but what is his cabinet like? The test: … Continue reading →

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