Tag Archives: London riots
Top bum ,sedition and Gadaffi the penguin
“What” , you might be asking, ” is going on here?”. Continue reading
Posted in Facebook, poetry, social media, twitter
Tagged BBC, croydon, Cyberbury, Facebook, Gaddafi, International Criminal Court, Libya, London riots, Luis Moreno-Ocampo, Muammar al-Gaddafi, music, NATO, poetry, Politics, Rage against the Machine, Sex Pistols, social media, Society, Tripoli, twitter
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Life in the fast lane
I am writing to you from the fast lane of the M3 adjacent to Bracknell. Is writing therapeutic? I am not sure, but I suspect that you are probably asking yourself whether I am writing and driving at the same … Continue reading
Posted in Fawlty Towers, poetry
Tagged Basil Fawlty, BMW, Bracknell, Business, Fatherhood, Fawlty Towers, John Cleese, London riots, Manchester, music, poetry, Television
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Mittens- that wd stop em lootin
“More than 90,000 people have signed an online petition calling for anyone convicted of taking part in the riots to lose benefits they get” Thomas Hardy wrote a book of poems entitled “life’s little ironies”. He’d have seen the humour in … Continue reading
Posted in Facebook, Nick Clegg, poetry, social media, twitter
Tagged Blackberry Messenger, Clapham, Facebook, Fatherhood, linked in, London riots, Looting, Monday Night Football, Nick Clegg, Pirates of Penzance, poetry, Politics, Rage against the Machine, social media, Society, Thomas Hardy, twitter
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“I just want to show the rich I can do what I want”
If that girl in Croydon and the thousands of disaffected rioters have done anything positive for me – they’ve got me thinking just how big the gap between me and them is. Perhaps I don’t feel quite as comfortable as I did a week ago.
Posted in Nick Clegg, social media
Tagged Bob Dylan, Bridge, Crime, Croydon, croydon, England, Hoodie, London, London riots, Looting, Monday Night Football, Nick Clegg, Politics, Riot, social media, Society, Teresa May, twitter
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