The sharp-eyed amongst you will have noticed that yesterday, Ian Payne commented on the post I made about him in which I expressed my sincerely held opinions about his latest missives to the local press. It seems that, as Jones would say, ‘They don’t like it up ’em’, and consequently, I have even less inclination toward removing or altering anything I’ve written on the matter, as is my right.

Quite what this has to do with The Plastic Hippo is anyone’s guess, but he’s slowly becoming a national treasure.

Just the other day, my wife and I visited Walsall town centre and we were both disgusted at what we were forced to endure. What in God’s name has happened to the town that was once the jewel in the crown of the British Empire? Not one person was carrying an English flag or wearing a rose to celebrate St Georges day. It seems that they are ashamed to be English. Instead, some of them were wearing red hats trimmed with fur as a blatant display of l … Read More

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