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Ugly Puggly 11
The shopkeeper said he was very sorry to hear about Agnes. ‘Cheers,’ I could never mind his name. I’d called him Raj, when I was drunk and he smiled...
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Ugly Puggly 10
I used to go to my local, three or four times a week. I caught the odd cry of ‘Hi, Jim,’ but that was from old timers like Jock. He didn’t wait for a...
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Ugly Puggly 9
I wandered through to the kitchen. While the kettle was boiling, I picked out a mug from the debris in the sink. Tap water was boiling hot. I ducked...
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Ugly Puggly 8
I took Agnes a sausage-roll for lunch. Seventy pence from Villa Bakery. You couldn’t beat that. She’d rolled out of her bed, and she wasn’t looking...
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Ugly Puggly 7
Dave said with the kind of accent that rubbed your nose in wealth, ‘Makes you think.’ I hadn’t noticed that before. I didn’t care what he did with...
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The media cover-up and stitch
Posted on Sat, 13 Apr 2024
The media cover-up and stitch up of the victims was, as we expected, trying to contain the story and dehumanise the victims. Lessons from the mining strike.
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made me think of Davie Bowie
Posted on Sat, 13 Apr 2024
made me think of Davie Bowie (Ziggy) for some reason.
Read full commentPosted in Where is Everybody?
sometimes we need the wrong
Posted on Wed, 10 Apr 2024
sometimes we need the wrong kind of glasses to see. Nicely done. There's hope out there if you look.
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wow, insert, the title felt
Posted on Mon, 18 Mar 2024
wow, insert, the title felt vaguely familiar. Then I realised I wrote it!
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wonderful twist at the end.
Posted on Sat, 06 Apr 2024
wonderful twist at the end. Makes all that grief even more believeable.
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in other words, we don't know
Posted on Wed, 03 Apr 2024
in other words, we don't know what we're talking about.
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there is something primal in
Posted on Sat, 30 Mar 2024
there is something primal in drums and song.
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this sounds very like what
Posted on Sat, 30 Mar 2024
this sounds very like what might have been.
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Thomas Piketty states it
Posted on Thu, 28 Mar 2024
Thomas Piketty states it quite simply. When the rate of return for those with money (Capital) is greater than the rate of economic growth (virtually zero) then like a giant snowball rolling downhill, Capital will accummulate an every increasing...
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emm, nearly but 73 cm too far
Posted on Wed, 27 Mar 2024
emm, nearly but 73 cm too far.
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