Never Buy a French Car

I am furious.
For the second time in my life, I find myself having been duped into owning and driving about in a French car. I’m once bitten, twice bitten and now I’m just plain sore.
I’ll lay it on the line. French cars are ok mechanically. They don’t break down that often. But what is so [...]

The Farce of ID Cards Reveals Much About This Shambles of a Government

ID cards. A very emotive subject for the last few years and something suddenly thrown back into the spotlight by Labour’s decision to publish a timetable for their roll-out.
Let me start by being very clear on this. ID cards, their concept, reasoning and justification, are disgusting and I will never carry one. They are fundamental [...]

Nick Clegg Denies The People Their Right To Speak

I was going to write this last night, but I was set upon by a bunch of Non-Doms in an alley. Can’t believe it, ‘Give me your money’, they kept shouting while they smashed me in the gut with their solid Gold knuckle-dusters.
Last night Nick Clegg, ‘leader’ of the liberal democrats, has well and truly [...]

Modern Life Is Rubbish

Apart from the Blur album of course, which was actually sort of reasonable in a nostalgic sense.
It wasn’t that long ago that I arranged to meet friends in person, or via a landline telephone call, and if I wanted to correspond with someone, I’d do so with a pen and paper.
What’s weird is that I [...]

The Demetriou’s Ever Decreasing World of Vice

There are few vices enjoyed by The Demetriou these days.
One which I shall never give up is booze. I*heart* alcohol related beverages, and nothing shall assuage me of this pleasure.
I gave up smoking about a year ago. It started to make my breathing quite laboured, I felt like poo, stank and hated shelling out silly [...]