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  • Something for the weekend 5

    Something for the weekend 5

    25th September 2009 | 1 comments | 2 people like this

    Let’s all play a ‘virtual reality’ game. Imagine a group of MPs in a farmyard, alongside a herd of swine. Now, concentrate. Can you really tell the difference? Well done, of course you can – the pigs are the ones with their snouts in the trough! That was easy.

    Up for another challenge? Well OK, let’s stretch your imagination. The scene suddenly changes to a lavish dining area somewhere in the...

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  • Outrageous planning ‘favours’

    Outrageous planning ‘favours’

    21st August 2009 | 0 comments | 0 votes yet, click here to agree or disagree

    Government minister Shahid Malik’s admission that this country’s nomadic fraternity does get special treatment over planning laws only confirmed what much of the population already suspected.

     But the reasoning behind the ‘us and them’ policy, which has been introduced in the name of fairness, is most disturbing.

     “Fairness,” says Communities Secretary Mr Malik “does not mean treating people equally – it means addressing the different needs of people.”

     What a load of old...

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  • Bin snooped on by the council lately?

    Bin snooped on by the council lately?

    21st July 2009 | 0 comments | 0 votes yet, click here to agree or disagree

    “Gotcha! What are you doing rummaging round in my dustbin, mate?” I asked the suited and booted gent in my back garden.

    “Agent 001, Council Bin Police,” he replied, arrogantly flashing his ID card “...and I see you are not recycling your used tea bags. I’m afraid I must ask you to accompany me back to County Hall for questioning, sir!”

    Dumbstruck, I suddenly noticed he had an accomplice. Sporting an ‘I...

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Phil Wadley

Phil Wadley

Journalist Phil Wadley is a former assistant editor at the West Sussex County Times in Horsham. He started his career as a reporter with the East Anglian Daily Times in Ipswich, before joining Britain's most northerly newspaper, the Shetland Times in Lerwick. After five years he winged his way back South, eventually landing at the County Times via an unplanned detour into the world of commercial aviation with British Airways! Phil is a dedicated follower of news and current affairs.