Category Archives: Politics

A start a middle and an end

Posted on July 17, 2019 by odeboyz

I’ll start this story in a tenants association hall in Myrtle Road, Harold Hill. I used the small bar for a pint or two in the 1980s when I heard that the chair had decided to resign. I put my … Continue reading →

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Brash Machismo

Posted on July 14, 2019 by odeboyz

A male politician Poorly served by an absent beautician Strutted his flamboyance Much to every ones annoyance. His behaviour toward others Especially young Mothers Only added more pain To his Marley formed chain. Words truly unbalanced Judiciously ungallant Never his … Continue reading →

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Hands up anyone who doesn’t think Trump is an idiot

Posted on July 11, 2019 by odeboyz
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The importance of the Act of Supremacy 1534

Posted on July 11, 2019 by odeboyz

Introduction The Act of Supremacy ended English Roman Catholicism. England became Protestant when Henry VIII declared himself, supreme head on Earth of the Church of England. Crucially he embedded religious orthodoxy in the person of the monarch. England moved to … Continue reading →

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The victims of Austerity are children

Posted on July 4, 2019 by odeboyz

Last week (end-June 2019) I tuned into radio 4 at 7am. I wasn’t paying too much attention, until I heard the report of a boy in school who’d fainted in school, when he got there on Monday morning. It transpired … Continue reading →

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Frankie Boyle on Jeremy Hunt

Posted on July 4, 2019 by odeboyz

I sympathise a little with Hunt- he was born into military aristocracy, a cousin of the Queen, went to Charterhouse, then Oxford, then into PR: trying to get him to understand the life of an overworked student nurse is like … Continue reading →

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The bin Laden family and the Twin Towers

Posted on June 24, 2019 by odeboyz

“A perfect example of this new and often strange world comes with the sale of the largest stake in the firm that quarries the Carrara marble in Italy that was used for the Pantheon in Rome, the Duomo in Siena, … Continue reading →

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Jersey’s ultra flexible government, 1935-45

Posted on June 20, 2019 by odeboyz

The resilience of Jersey’s elite is not new (Jersey is perhaps the only place in Europe that had the same government before, during and after Nazi occupation)….. Oliver Bullough Moneyland: Why thieves & crooks now rule the world & how … Continue reading →

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George Orwell and Donald Trump

Posted on June 20, 2019 by odeboyz
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Not everyone is middle-class with assets

Posted on June 20, 2019 by odeboyz

Rachel and Jack1 are in their late thirties, with two young children. Both are immature but have worked hard on their relationship. Jack’s a self-employed window cleaner, odd job man, labourer and gardener. He’s hardly ever in steady full time … Continue reading →

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