Showing 16 results for October 2011.

Apples, Brothers and Doctors - October 2011 October 13th, 2011

BB BOTS So did any of you catch my brush with fame last night? Yes it was a tiny tiny brush. Yes fame is perhaps an overstatement. No, you probably didn’t see it. Well if you didn’t, I was only bloody well on Big Brother’s Bit On The Side last night wasn’t I? Yep indeed. […]

NHS / Bits On The Side - October 2011 October 12th, 2011

MORE NHS Right, look I know I’ve been going on about this every single day for the last week, but its a subject quite close to my heart. If I had any problems with that heart it would be even closer. The NHS bill may get passed today. I’m honestly not sure to what extent, […]

Collection of Things - October 2011 October 11th, 2011

Less a blog today, more a small collection of things of which I wish to inform you. Serious one first: NHS REFORM BILL The NHS reform bill is currently being debated by the House of Lords and with the assumption that it will get passed in some format whether we like it or not, this […]

Planet Saving For Dummies - October 2011 October 10th, 2011

Sometimes its very easy to get disheartened with comedy and the world in general. Yesterday was one of those days that fully reaffirmed my faith in both. The Block The Bill, Block The Bridge demonstration yesterday, as organised by UK Uncut was a lovely sunny afternoon of very civil disobedience and one of the nicest […]

Block The Bridge - October 2011 October 9th, 2011

A very short blog today as I’m off to this: BLOCK THE BRIDGE Which is one of the most important protests you could possibly attend. I’m meant to be doing stand-up there today but I’m really struggling to find humour in the notion of the NHS being destroyed in place of a privatised system that […]

National Health Disservice - October 2011 October 4th, 2011

I have accidentally made too much popcorn. Unpopped corn appears to be one of those unquantifiable solids in the universe. Sure I’ve got to ‘put enough kernels to cover the bottom of the pan’ but we all know that’s never enough, but as soon as you add even one more kernel than that to the […]