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First compliment of the year

My foursomes partner, Azzie Paton, ingratiated himself massively with me on Saturday as we almost pulled off a win in the Hamada Trophy. Coming off the seventh tee I told…

Foul Play

What a load of baloney from the BBC pundits reporting on the Six Nations match between Scotland and Ireland at the weekend. Shame on John Barclay for not answering the…

Laugh? I laughed out loud

I am not prone to laugh out loud much when reading stuff. In fact, I’m not sure if I ever have or indeed ever will. Reading doesn’t do this for…

In Praise of Jacob Rees-Mogg

I am an unashamed and massive fan of Moggy. I watched the Andrew Neil interview when most articulately and calmly he dealt with the tricky and sometimes unreasonable questioning. Even…

Ok this is complicated

I heard that it would be a good thing for Theresa to now fully explain her deal to all MP’s. That’s not a good place to be at this stage…

New Year’s here

Well I never. It’s here already, 2019. Goodness, to think how I graduated in 1984, flitted away the rest of the 80’s, 90’s and early 21st century thinking about getting…

Mourinho ho ho ho!

Santa has come nice and early for the Manchester United manager in that he is getting a 10 million quid pay-off for getting sacked. That’s quite a cool deal considering…

May and Trump now have something in common

I don’t reckon either will be hanging around and steering the wheels of their governments much longer. Poor May to be honest. But that bloke Donald deserves all he gets….

On course politics and interesting backward headbutts

I played the Old last Thursday with my pal Peter and we were joined by an American chap who was looking for a game. Unfortunately, I brought up brexit which…

American Politics is as straightforward as a borderline Brexit

Yes I am, for sure. slightly puzzled at the complexity of American politics and the midterms have shown that. The House and Senate are two very different things obviously and…