BobbyspoonSOMETIMES PROPHETS ARE WRONGSO SAID ENOCH POWELL in 1968. Much of what he said and wrote about immigration has come to pass. In the speech to his constituency which…Apr 14, 2023Apr 14, 2023
BobbyspoonPAKISTAN — WE HAVE A PROBLEMI have never been to Pakistan, nor do I wish to, so I may just be an old racist Englishman talking through his arse. Here’s a few facts…Apr 11, 2023Apr 11, 2023
BobbyspoonWHEN THE INMATES SEIZE THE ASYLUM KEYSIn the world in which I grew up, family life was pretty simple. You were either a boy or a girl and grew up to be a man or a woman…Apr 5, 2023Apr 5, 2023
BobbyspoonFAIR IS FOUL AND FOUL IS FAIR (1)When I took my ‘A’ levels, Elvis was Crying In The Chapel, Don and Phil Everly were questioning The Price of Love and Sandie Shaw was…Mar 27, 2023Mar 27, 2023
BobbyspoonTHE BIGGEST LIETHE BIGGEST LIE — just five words. In the spirit of the old Sunday Night at the London Palladium show, rearrange these words into a…Mar 26, 2023Mar 26, 2023
BobbyspoonTHE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM (part two)In part one of this piece I alluded to the fact that in certain areas of the UK, Muslims make up a very powerful voting bloc. Let’s just…Mar 25, 2023Mar 25, 2023
BobbyspoonTHE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM (part one)Here in Britain — well, England mostly — we have a problem. And it’s name is Islam. Why is it a problem? Liker most things, it boils down…Mar 24, 2023Mar 24, 2023
BobbyspoonTHE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIMEThis was a best-selling 2003 novel by Mark Haddon, and the title references an episode from the Sherlock Holmes story The Silver Blaze, in…Sep 17, 2022Sep 17, 2022
BobbyspoonTHE PRICE OF DIVERSITY (2)The town where I live has seen better days. Like many small towns in England, the heart has been surgically removed from the the town…Aug 1, 2022Aug 1, 2022
BobbyspoonTHE PRICE OF DIVERSITY (1)Here, in the east of England, we were horrified to read on Thursday last that a nine year-old child, Lilia Valutyte, had been stabbed to…Jul 31, 2022Jul 31, 2022