Seventy years on Seventy years ago today over 5000 soldiers lost their lives to start a new front against the Germans and helped bring a faster end to the Second World War. What can be said about the bravery of the men that stormed the Normandy beaches could do justice to their self-sacrifice. Nothing I …
Around Town
Sunday. Huddersfield Town Centre for a walk arranged by the Historical Society. The theme of the day might as well have been scaffolding. The George Hotel was covered in scaffolding. The railway station was covered in scaffolding. The Parish Church was covered in scaffolding. Some buildings were not covered in scaffolding, like the Town …
The Sky’s the limit
I haven't made a cycling blog for a while, so here goes. Saturday I went out for a bit of a ride. The weather was good, so dressed in my best MAMIL* attire I set off for a bit of a tootle round. It wasn't long before I saw some more cyclists on the road. …
This is what happens if you don’t vote
Apathy wins. UKIP won the Euro elections, with an 11% increase in their share of the vote. Well done. But let's get this right. The vote was down from 34.7% of the population in 2009 to 33.8% in 2014. Only 9% of the electorate voted for UKIP to contribute to their earthquake in British politics. …
Living together
Look at these Christians, how they disagree with each other. This is about apologetics, a bit anyway. Bear with me, I will get to a point. A couple of years ago I spent a long time looking at the book of Colossians. An interesting letter in that it deals with a heresy in the early …
UKIP victory – Labour defeat?
In last night's count of the European Elections the vote for UKIP soared, or so it seems. The news that the British National Party last both their MEPs is not insignificant, because it seems that UKIP has absorbed the far right and anti immigration vote. There is always a complication, this time it was a …
People with learning difficulties should not vote.
According to this news story a man was told at a polling station that he should not be voting. What can I say, other than if true I find this really shocking. The idea of disenfranchising people is not what democracy is about. The story says that the returning officer has launched an …
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Chuffing trains (A rant)
Today was the day of the big timetable change. As a commuter I rely on the trains, today was the day that has been looked for. From October they were reassuring us as we crammed into overcrowded carriages like sardines that new trains were to be bought in the new year. New year arrived, nothing …
Criminal Intelligence
Sometimes the police have to gather criminal intelligence so that they can solve rimes. Sometimes it isn't necessary. Some criminals are criminally stupid. Take a story from the paper this week. A man goes into the bank to tell them of a change of address, sees the money in the tills and decides to rob …
Theology changes its mind (conclusion)
I never set out to write a series of blogs like this. The announcement by the Evangelical Alliance that the membership of Oasis Trust had been discontinued did not come as much as a surprise given the statements the Alliance had made into opposing same sex marriages. The EA press release mentioned what has been perceived …
Making an ass of myself 