My article ‘Television, the drug of the nation, part 1’ (here) was inspired by reading a blog entry made by Steve Conway. I’ve spoken before
Author: Christopher England
Television, the drug of the nation, part 1
In many respects and to many people, I am a weirdo. I don’t conform to their norms, I’m different to them, and so this confuses
The end is nigh. Again.
Damnit! It’s the end of the world. Again. That raving loony god-bothering and preaching bloke Harold Camping who had thousands of followers selling up
Funny money
I don’t know where I’ve been for the last years, but I just didn’t know that there exists a secret currency for bus users. How
The case of the missing leg, part 2
This is the photo without any photoshopping at all I previously included an article (here) on England’s England about how I had photographed a human
The case of the missing leg, part 1
Not that I’m paranoid or a trouble-maker or anything, but I do like to watch the Ministry of Defence top secret area not far from
The Facebork Timeline
Facebook users are not an adventurous bunch. On the whole, they hate change, and are very stuck in their ways. Even though some of them
In the pursuit of the shiny-shiny
There is a legend that states that when the annoying Europeans landed in far off lands in order to bring evil things like Christianity to
The centre of the community is the Job Centre
I was sitting in an unmarked van parked adjacent to a North Liverpool Job Centre Plus building. Next to the van, but not connected with
How to start a pirate radio station in London
At almost any location in London, and any time of day, even the deafest of FM radios will be able to hear between 30 and
Poverty? It’s all part of the global warmist plan
Ok, mainstream news media, tell me something we don’t know. What’s that you say? People across the UK are plummeting into poverty? No shit, Sherlock. The problem
‘Anonymous’ children ‘occupy’ stupid people’s brains!
Years ago chain letters started by being just that, letters. They would arrive with threats of your immediate demise if you failed to copy them
The junkie that killed a meteor watch
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The long wave goodbye to Long Wave
The BBC operates an outlet of Radio 4 on 198kHz Long Wave. In the recent cut-back announcements, mention was made of running the facility down.
The massive funding for the Climate Change lie
(You may need to click through this gif image and zoom in to view) Protecting reality is hard. Protecting open mindedness is hard.
Yes, it’s time to cull BBC local radio
The idea that BBC local radio might cease to do much more than relay Radio 5Live has been conveniently leaked into the world of muttering
Steve Jobs
There are a billion blogs and websites saying goodbye to Steve Jobs. Probably there are also a minority of places that are snarling and being disrespectfully negative,
Stop radio station programmers being willy obsessed
The people who run commercial music radio stations aren’t the same as the people who potentially listen to them. If they were, then they’d stop
The Scally on a bike
This is a picture of a North Liverpool based ‘scally’ on a bike. This scally on a bike was clocked waiting for his drug supplier
What’s Google Plus for?
Yes, what is Google+ for? Is it going to do to Facebook what Facebook did to MySpace? Is it going to silence those tweets from
Am I starting to become an anti-capitalist?
Something isn’t right with this world. I assumed until recently that it was all how it should be and all part of the way that
Proof that we can’t trust ‘journalists’
I’m supposed to be able to trust my local (well, regional) paper to tell me the truth and to be accurate about stuff. But I
Mounting Snowdon for a bucket list
On September 3rd a Vauxhall Frontera 4 X 4 appeared half-way up Mount Snowdon in Wales, stopping some 365 metres from the summit. It confused
Iain Dale gets it right about Liverpool being ghastly
Most people in the North-West won’t have heard of Iain Dale before. He’s not a leftie or a hat tipping sycophant going on and on
Sunrise at Mesa Arch
It takes a damn good view to take my breath away. This is absolutely stunning. It was taken by Sharon Thomas who said of it,
Goldman Sachs rule the world not Governments
Ok. Wow! Now then, this is a fascinating piece of broadcasting history. It’s a financial trader telling the stark and gloomy truth. If you’ve not
The mobile phone is killing real life experiences
Why doesn’t anybody actually watch anything any more? I mean, once upon a time one sat at the cinema or theatre and allowed the director
Faster than light neutrinos
My favourite joke of the moment is: “We don’t allow faster than light neutrinos in here” said the bartender. A neutrino walks into a bar.
Are you a Vet?
These pictures tell a story without words… A German tourist jumped into the freezing water and braved being swept away by the strong currents to
Blimping over Liverpool
There’s a place high on hill in Everton, North Liverpool that is part of Everton Park that you can walk or drive to. You can
Does the X Factor encourage racism?
Talent shows on television. Do they encourage racism? Let’s look at the X Factor ‘talent’ show, but we could equally be looking at any or
I’ve seen the future and it’s very cold
So, just as we didn’t need any more bad news, the really bad news is coming. The really bad news is the really bad weather
Analogue clocks are favoured by mad people!
I am not alone in not being able to understand these round things with shapes and a few numbers on that are supposed to tell
Wind farms should be as free as the wind
I live near the sea. When I look out from my house over the sea, to the left of my view I see a huge
Religious people want to fiddle with your sex life
Let’s talk about sex. It would be fairly reasonable to say that you are obsessed with sex. We all are, so don’t worry about it.
Don’t trust those who want to carbon tax us!
There is something fascinating about the debate over Global Warming, or as it’s been rebranded, Climate Change. What is most fascinating is the polarisation, and
A message to the United States of America
To the citizens of the United States of America from Her Sovereign Majesty Queen Elizabeth II In light of your immediate failure to financially manage
2 Up 2 Down
Back in 2008, it was great fun watching ‘2Up 2Down’ the pretend group singing in Peter Kay’s pretend ‘Britain’s Got the Pop Factor… and Possibly a
Honest sex
I’ve long been sympathetic to people who are into strange and unusual sexual practices like swinging. I don’t know this woman, honest I’m not a
The day the muggers won
Mugger caught admiring what he’d stolen A few years ago I was wandering home at just before Midnight when a rather concerned lad in his
Radio North Sea International, the voice of terrorism?
Radio anoraks are so easily led and have been fodder across the years for some pretty outrageous ripping off and false beliefs. To this day,
Equality or Not?
So… a lot of the job application forms, mainly those put out by the politically correct luvvies that run the public sector, suggest that applicants
9/11
So many articles. So many words. So many thoughts. So many lives destroyed. The tenth anniversary of something – anything – else probably wouldn’t cause
Big Polish-only Family Picnic
This is an interesting poster. The only ‘English’ on it is “Big Family Picnic”, plus the name of the major attraction and park in Southport
Wowed by Oooh-boon-chew
I rediscovered an old yet surprisingly powerful desktop PC which had been cast aside because it had Windows Millenium on it and the thought was
Translations to English in England
I keep seeing adverts in my local paper for Interpreters. Somebody, I think it is either local government or the NHS or someone like that,
Let’s make ‘Grassing’ cool
‘Grassing’ is good. No, honest, it’s good to be a ‘grass’. It’s only those who are doing something wrong that want you to believe that
Incompetency based Competency testing
Imagine, if you will, that you can sing. You want to take this further and so you apply to the X Factor. The day of
Statue of David returning to Italy
A bit of cultural news for a welcome change, here via England’s England. Well, it appears that after a two year loan to the United
Tie means a Lie so you Buy
Body language is a funny thing. Through it, you can supposedly tell all you want to know about a person. But there are some people
Big Brother is the new crack cocaine
So, here we are in a Britain with kids wandering aimlessly around in packs. These bored, restless and feral latchkey kids are going out and
The real science trashers
This article was written by Dennis Byrne, originally published via the Chicago Tribune here. Today I am writing about religion. Specifically, about those who worship
The end of the Global Warming gravy-train?
You know these context-sensitive adverts you get to see around things you read on the net? You know. If you are reading about cats, then
Sangat TV is our true community and togetherness
I’m not a Sikh. Obviously. But, if I was to follow a religion that appears to actually be about peace, then I could do no better
Why is smaller cheaper than bigger?
There is a logic that says the more I buy the cheaper things should get. In theory, buying 200 apples should cost me less per
Slow food fast takeaway
There are many things that bother or puzzle me. Sometimes, things that seem so obvious to me are actually more complex than I realise. This
A mench for the Mensch
There was a time when politicians were like space aliens in the way they were so completely out of touch with most of the population.
Europe needs a revolution
As you may know, I’m a Pat Condell anorak. He makes occasional video blogs, or pronouncements, via Youtube. His latest addresses the erosion of
Liverpool’s haves -v- have-nots
The contrast in Liverpool’s Anfield is quite alarming. In the background the roof of the home of Liverpool Football Club. A place where money flows
Round-up the Middle-Class Bleeding-Heart Liberal Politically Correct Do-Gooders
Is there anything more annoying that a member of the Hang-‘Em-Flog-‘Em Brigade? Yes there is. It’s a billion times more annoying than the huffing and
Pulling the race card
In some ways, well, in many ways, David Starkey is a bit scary. He knows stuff and he knows he knows stuff. To contradict him
Want to try-out Google Plus?
If you need an ‘invite’ to get to enjoy Google Plus but are far too frightened or too much of a loner to ask, just
I time travelled to listen to Radio Caroline in 1966
This week, to keep in touch with my inner anorak self I spent some time (well, 45 minutes) listening to a 45 minute recording of
They still blame Margaret Thatcher
It’s been another week of “I blame Margaret Thatcher” up here in the actual anus of the UK, the Tory-free backward-thinking North-West. Apparently, Mrs Thatcher,
It’s time to prosecute for Treason
So, prompted by the awfulness, the seriousness, the sheer inexplicable violence of the looting and rioting, the Courts are finally dishing out the kind of
My sofa trouble with a 27 year old girl
It’s Flashback Friday. Every Friday we bring back a golden oldie article from yesteryear. A chance for you to check it and see if it
Don’t ‘follow’, just ‘search’ on Twitter
Duncan Barkes, the legendary talking radio broadcaster, has dumped me. I don’t mean he pressed the button to cut me off from one of his
When reality stops, no-one knows
Meet Erik Johansson. He takes photos. He uses Photoshop. He shows us that when reality stops, our brains actually have no perception. Enjoy! ~ ~
Don’t shoot the Messenger
Much has been made of the looters and rioters using Blackberry’s RIM Instant Messaging service, Blackberry Messenger (BBM), to co-ordinate themselves and swiftly pass on
A good bad week for David Cameron
Behind you, Dave, behind you! What should have been a nice family holiday last week for David Cameron all went very wrong. In fact, almost
OMG! It’s August the 14th!
I’m an anorak’s wet dream, I am. Jeeez. Spare me. It’s August the 14th. Noooooooooo. Back in 1967 this was the day that all the
What happens when you try to row to the North Pole?
I don’t like to gloat when Global Warming alarmists get it so very wrong. Erm, ok I love to gloat when they get it alarmingly
Children won’t know what snow is. Yeah, right!
It’s Flashback Friday. Every Friday we bring back a golden oldie article from yesteryear. A chance for you to read it and see if it
Feral cats and feral children, disconnected from humans
When the two 10 year old murderers tortured toddler James Bulger to death, all sensible normal rational thinking people didn’t ‘get’ it. How could these
The culture of no consequence
People seem to have been surprised at the tactics used by the scum kids (the feral street-wankers) as they destroyed people’s homes, people’s cars, people’s
Give us respect, real respect
Night-times are scary in inner-city London and its suburbs, especially at the weekends during the current rioting and looting season. The streets are being used
The Blair/Brown years legacy is rioting
It’s clammy, muggy weather. It’s hot. School’s out. It’s summer. Everybody’s bored. Hey! It’s riot and looting time! Yep, it’s that time of year when
The Fear that is London
In America, well New York, even before September 11th 2001, an interesting thing was happening. Crime was falling dramatically, and even murder had reduced by
I can’t appreciate self-harming
Decades ago I knew a teenage girl who would self harm. Damn. Yet another lovely human I lost touch with. I wonder whatever happened to
What is an Anorak?
It’s Flashback Friday. Every Friday we bring back a golden oldie article from yesteryear. A chance for you to read it and see if it
The arseholes upset at Duncan Bannatyne protecting his daughter
What exactly is the mental condition that those lilly-livered liberals slagging off Duncan Bannatyne are suffering from? Let’s start from the beginning. Duncan Bannatyne, the
The Green Thing
In the queue at a well-known Superstore that refuses to give bags to its customers, the cashier told a very old lady that she should bring
The case of the missing leg
Not that I’m paranoid or a trouble-maker or anything, but I do like to watch the Ministry of Defence top secret area not far from
Radio Caroline to be refloated
What exciting news I just heard; Radio Caroline is going to be refloated. Well, more precisely, part three of Radio Caroline is going to be
The Polar Bear that was never there
A lot of people create pictures from Photoshop, compiling from different images they have, and they allow their glorious and quite striking results to be
Are you short-sighted?
Wow! This actually works if you slightly close your eyes whilst looking at it. Hours of fun! ~ ~ There’s plenty more, plus the option
The choices Raoul Moat made for everybody
It’s Flashback Friday. Every Friday we bring back a golden oldie article from yesteryear. A chance for you to re-read it and see if it
Social Media wins the war on facts
Things have moved on since the last time Israel was bombing Palestinians, even though Israel still controls its own people and its propaganda with mantras.
The rabbit, the pub, the toastie
A rabbit walks into a pub and says to the barman, ‘Can I have a pint of beer, and a Ham and Cheese Toastie? The
Shame on the Amy Winehouse fans
I remember a few decades ago being in a hospital visiting a woman who was on oxygen to help her breathe. Her lungs were very
How religion is eating us alive
We all know what a virus is. Some viruses are not too dangerous, but most of the viruses that invade our body make us unwell
Amy Winehouse
Whilst not being a huge Amy Winehouse anorak, I did think she had a perfect voice for the style she produced and I have enjoyed
We have to stop the mental illness of religion
At the time of composing this, the full horror of what happened in the centre of Oslo and the tiny island of Utoeya is still
The case of the RICKMOBBING of Liverpool Street Station
It’s Flashback Friday. Every Friday we bring back a golden oldie article from yesteryear. A chance for you to re-read it and see if it
When Jonnie lost his Marbles
When card-carrying Labour activist Jonnie Marbles stepped out of his leafy suburban home in stock-broker belt Windsor he was on a mission. Today he was
Where does Google+ fit into your life?
Now that Google+ is ‘stable’ and almost anybody who wants to can get on it, where’s its place in social media? One of G+’s early
Stop teaching our children the lies
Do our children stand a chance to grow up without feeling stressed and depressed? I think there’s a misguided perception that childhood is a cotton-wool
Will the BBC leave the loony employees behind?
I’m not anti-BBC. I believe it should be there. I am a consumer of a lot of its output, and I reject the idea that
Living amongst real racists in Liverpool
I’m only a slight racist. Everybody’s at the very least a slight racist, even though people will protest loudly with the phrase, “I’m not a
I am your automatic blogger, automatic blogger, automatic …
Is automating one’s internet presence so very wrong? Maybe. But I have my reasoning. You see, the problem is that when one has the will to
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