Category Archives: uk

Sincere signwriting

By 6000 | 6000 | May 11, 2011

More great stuff from my favourite UK blogger, Brian Micklethwait, albeit while wearing his Samizdata trousers and hat. Brian says: That is a sign which I think I would have noticed even if I had not been noticing signs generally at all. It’s as if its creator was, while creating it, thinking and feeling something [...]

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Death & Taxes

By 6000 | 6000 | May 10, 2011

An oldie but a goodie. A reply allegedly sent from the Inland Revenue (the UK tax people) to a presumably disgruntled Chris Addison and reproduced in full in his column in the Guardian. The joy for me in this is imagining the original letter which is being replied to. It’s brilliantly written, whether it’s genuine [...]

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Coldplay in SA in October

By 6000 | 6000 | May 7, 2011

UPDATE: Confirmed! Coldplay to play Cape Town Stadium on Wednesday 5th October 2011 and Johannesburg FNB Stadium on Saturday 8th October 2011. Ticket prices range from R270 – R635 for each venue. Tickets available from THURSDAY 12th MAY AT 9AM Computicket, www.computicket.com, 083 915 8000 ______________________________________________________________ The rumour mill has been at full tilt for [...]

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Muslamic ray guns

By 6000 | 6000 | May 6, 2011

DISCLAIMER: Publishing these videos does not amount to this site’s support for the EDL or any other political party or protest organisation. The English Defence League are a right-wing organisation in the UK (well, specifically England, obviously) whose mission statement may make distressing reading for those without a strong stomach for radical political ideology. It’s [...]

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Bravery in the face of defeat

By 6000 | 6000 | May 3, 2011

(post title borrowed from The Streets’ track Has It Come To This? [youtube] which is also quite apt) After the upset of Saturday evening, it was heartening to read the first few paragraphs of this: Instead, the team went to every corner of the ground, acknowledging the supporters who had stayed behind to sing ‘We love [...]

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