Blog

• It was 20 years ago today
  Saturday, 11 September, 2021
• Registration Plates and National Identifiers
  Wednesday, 23 June, 2021
• Gridserve Acquires Ecotricity's Electric Highway
  Wednesday, 9 June, 2021
• Cordial Disagreement over the COVID-19 Vaccination
  Saturday, 20 March, 2021
• EU Inadvertently Unites Long-standing Opponents and Proponents
  Saturday, 30 January, 2021
• Nation States Preserve Peace
  Tuesday, 29 December, 2020
• Long Way Cock-Up?
  Saturday, 19 September, 2020
• Misleading Headlines
  Thursday, 10 September, 2020
• Eggs and Baskets
  Friday, 15 May, 2020
• Remainer Mythbusting: Brexit: So In The End We Found Out
  Friday, 26 April, 2019
• Guilt by Association
  Tuesday, 16 May, 2017
• Vigenonilateral Negotiations and Stockholm Syndrome
  Tuesday, 4 April, 2017
• Arrogance in Academia
  Friday, 10 March, 2017
• Use the Ex-Force
  Wednesday, 8 March, 2017
• Behind the Veil of Respectability
  Monday, 30 January, 2017
• Playing the Dead
  Friday, 23 December, 2016
• Sticks and Stones
  Friday, 11 November, 2016
• An option for Bremainers?
  Wednesday, 12 October, 2016
• Who works for you?
  Friday, 7 October, 2016
• Nuclear Bore
  Wednesday, 20 July, 2016
• Is there a real doctor in the house?
  Monday, 30 May, 2016
• Defending Ignorance
  Wednesday, 4 May, 2016
• What the Varoufakis he on about?
  Wednesday, 27 April, 2016
• Obama Doesn't Care
  Friday, 22 April, 2016
• The Deluded Left's Guide to EUtopia
  Saturday, 16 April, 2016
• Euro Myths Unbusted
  Monday, 4 April, 2016
• Sturgeon's Mask
  Wednesday, 27 January, 2016
• General Ignorance
  Friday, 15 January, 2016
• Politically Correct Denialism
  Monday, 23 November, 2015
• Talking up to children
  Sunday, 8 November, 2015
• When it comes to slavery, nobody should have a clear conscience
  Monday, 12 October, 2015
• False Narratives and False Hopes
  Sunday, 6 September, 2015
• The Dignity of the Mob
  Monday, 17 August, 2015
• Hiroshima - 70 Years On
  Thursday, 6 August, 2015
• Why we should all, EUphiles and EUphobes, vote to leave the EU
  Wednesday, 8 July, 2015
• Still Droning On
  Wednesday, 10 June, 2015
• Muse - Drones
  Wednesday, 10 June, 2015
• Blaming the Banks
  Friday, 1 May, 2015
• UKIP: The First 100 Days - Muddled Messages
  Monday, 16 February, 2015
• Cultural Exchanges
  Sunday, 11 January, 2015
• No, All Religions Are Not The Same
  Saturday, 10 January, 2015
• Dishonest Debate
  Sunday, 28 December, 2014
• Recalling the Fall of the Wall
  Sunday, 9 November, 2014
• A New Vision for Union
  Thursday, 18 September, 2014
• Slam Dunked!
  Thursday, 11 September, 2014
• Tyranny of the Majority or just True Democracy?
  Sunday, 7 September, 2014
• Gypsies on Benefits and Proud
  Saturday, 19 April, 2014
• Consistency in Condemnation
  Saturday, 8 February, 2014
• Mind the Public
  Saturday, 25 January, 2014
• Man Holds Conservative Religious Belief Shock
  Sunday, 19 January, 2014
• All children WILL attend 'cultural awareness' course... or be branded racist!
  Saturday, 23 November, 2013
• Politically Incorrect Cultural Awareness
  Saturday, 23 November, 2013
• Tesla Grills
  Tuesday, 19 November, 2013
• Direct Democracy and Helvetophilia
  Wednesday, 13 November, 2013
• Don't Ban the Burka - Shun It
  Wednesday, 6 November, 2013
• Russell Brand's Populism - Up the Revolution!
  Thursday, 24 October, 2013
• No Such Thing as a Free Lunch
  Thursday, 19 September, 2013
• Syria or How I Learnt to Mind my Own Business
  Thursday, 29 August, 2013
• The Count Not So Strong on TV
  Sunday, 14 July, 2013
• The Passing of Her Ironness
  Wednesday, 1 May, 2013
• Vinyl Schminyl
  Thursday, 7 March, 2013
• Une analogie trop loin?
  Wednesday, 23 January, 2013
• BAiT Produces Video Demo from a Live Rehearsal
  Wednesday, 16 January, 2013
• Las Malvinas son Falklands
  Thursday, 3 January, 2013
• Quick to judge, quick to anger... Slow to understand
  Saturday, 24 November, 2012
• Smack My Bish Up
  Wednesday, 21 November, 2012
• Size no longer matters
  Friday, 2 November, 2012
• So what exactly is wrong with American justice?
  Tuesday, 16 October, 2012
• Muse's New Album, The 2nd Law
  Friday, 28 September, 2012
• Tutu You
  Sunday, 2 September, 2012
• The 'crime' of socks and sandals
  Thursday, 16 August, 2012
• Hunt down every one of the bastards
  Tuesday, 17 July, 2012
• Arse Biscuits!
  Monday, 25 June, 2012
• When In Rome... Do Whatever The Hell You Like
  Sunday, 13 May, 2012
• Thick as a Brick, Live, its Newly-Released Sequel, and Musings on Tull
  Sunday, 6 May, 2012
• When did the Left lose its sense of internationalism?
  Monday, 2 April, 2012
• An eventful week
  Monday, 13 February, 2012
• Exit Stage Left
  Monday, 13 February, 2012
• BAiT's Return to the Stage
  Sunday, 29 January, 2012
• Some general advice about photo prints and scanning
  Sunday, 22 January, 2012
• A politicised Wikipedia? What happened to neutrality?
  Wednesday, 18 January, 2012
• Temporal Relativism
  Tuesday, 3 January, 2012
• The End of a Generation
  Tuesday, 13 December, 2011
• Morris Dancing: You've Got To Laugh, Haven't You?
  Monday, 12 December, 2011
• Decadance
  Sunday, 27 November, 2011
• I don't believe it!
  Monday, 31 October, 2011
• Gaddafi's Demise
  Sunday, 23 October, 2011
• Grammar, We Love You
  Tuesday, 27 September, 2011
• Response to Penny Red's Blog Entry on the Current Riots
  Tuesday, 9 August, 2011
• London's Burning
  Monday, 8 August, 2011
• What's a Greek Earn?
  Tuesday, 28 June, 2011
• Life begins at 40... and starts with buying a caravan
  Wednesday, 15 June, 2011
• A word with those who voted No To AV
  Saturday, 7 May, 2011
• Bye Bye Binnie Boy
  Monday, 2 May, 2011
• AV is not PR
  Monday, 2 May, 2011
• Dark Ages? No Thanks. Atoms for energy!
  Tuesday, 5 April, 2011
• New BAiT Website Live
  Sunday, 13 February, 2011
• My recollections of a former boss
  Monday, 17 January, 2011
• What's New and 2010 in review
  Sunday, 2 January, 2011
• Atheism is bad for you
  Friday, 17 September, 2010
• Europe Bike Trip - Part 8 - Gravelines, France to Home
  Wednesday, 15 September, 2010
• Europe Bike Trip - Part 7 - Langsur, Germany to Gravelines, France
  Tuesday, 14 September, 2010
• Europe Bike Trip - Part 6 - Haslach, Germany to Langsur, Germany
  Monday, 13 September, 2010
• Europe Bike Trip - Part 5 - Flims, Switzerland to Haslach, Germany
  Sunday, 12 September, 2010
• Europe Bike Trip - Part 4 - Vevey, Switzerland to Flims, Switzerland
  Saturday, 11 September, 2010
• Europe Bike Trip - Part 3 - Les Adrets de l'Estérel l'Eglise, France to Vevey, Switzerland
  Friday, 10 September, 2010
• Europe Bike Trip - Part 2 - Chaumont, France to Les Adrets de l'Estérel l'Eglise, France
  Thursday, 9 September, 2010
• Europe Bike Trip - Part 1 - Home to Chaumont, France
  Wednesday, 8 September, 2010
• The Big Question
  Monday, 24 May, 2010
• The General Election - More than a three horse race
  Sunday, 25 April, 2010
• Earth Hour - how to cause more pollution
  Wednesday, 24 March, 2010
• European Union still sounds like a good idea?
  Saturday, 20 March, 2010
• Teaching kids about the real world
  Tuesday, 2 March, 2010
• The Chilcot Enquiry and why I back Blair and Bush over Iraq
  Friday, 29 January, 2010
• Is there room in law for blasphemy?
  Saturday, 2 January, 2010
• Hats off to Barack Obama
  Friday, 11 December, 2009
• Swiss vote to ban the building of minarets
  Monday, 30 November, 2009
• Solar Roadways -
  Saturday, 19 September, 2009
• What is the difference between compassion and justice?
  Saturday, 29 August, 2009
• The amazing mind of Kenny MacAskill
  Monday, 24 August, 2009
• Return home from Potsdam
  Thursday, 12 March, 2009
• Potsdam
  Wednesday, 11 March, 2009
• Dresden
  Tuesday, 10 March, 2009
• Berlin
  Monday, 9 March, 2009
• Off to visit brother and family in Potsdam
  Sunday, 8 March, 2009
• A sad day at work
  Friday, 23 January, 2009
• Obama takes office
  Tuesday, 20 January, 2009
• Mourning the passing of a man who shaped my childhood
  Tuesday, 9 December, 2008
• The Beaver Gets A New Bass Player
  Thursday, 4 December, 2008
• Final Gig With The Malc Evans Band
  Friday, 21 November, 2008
• John Shuttleworth at Huntingdon Hall, Worcester
  Tuesday, 18 November, 2008
• Ministry Of Beaver Gigs
  Monday, 17 November, 2008
• Night trucking
  Saturday, 23 August, 2008
• Ministry of Beaver recorded
  Sunday, 10 August, 2008
• Nick and Cathy's Wedding
  Saturday, 2 August, 2008
• Aberdeen to Home
  Thursday, 31 July, 2008
• Lerwick and shipped back to Aberdeen
  Wednesday, 30 July, 2008
• The Shetland Bus
  Tuesday, 29 July, 2008
• Unst - Day 2
  Monday, 28 July, 2008
• Unst - Day 1
  Sunday, 27 July, 2008
• Lerwick and swimming
  Saturday, 26 July, 2008
• St Ninian's and Sumburgh Head
  Friday, 25 July, 2008
• Arrival in Shetland
  Thursday, 24 July, 2008
• From Scarborough to Aberdeen
  Wednesday, 23 July, 2008
• Start of holiday
  Tuesday, 22 July, 2008
• Bikesafe
  Sunday, 20 July, 2008
• Weekend of gigs (one at the Cavern Club in Liverpool)
  Monday, 26 May, 2008
• Birth of Tristan Chivers
  Wednesday, 30 April, 2008
• Beneva support Captain at the Barfly, Birmingham
  Sunday, 20 April, 2008
• I'm so worried about the baggage retrieval system they've got at Heathrow
  Friday, 28 March, 2008
• Mike Hailwood Memorial Run
  Sunday, 23 March, 2008
• Baby scan, car, and garage door
  Monday, 17 March, 2008
• Busy weekend gigging
  Sunday, 16 March, 2008
• Archbishop Foot-In-Mouth
  Thursday, 7 February, 2008
• First Gig with Ministry of Beaver
  Saturday, 2 February, 2008
• Kill Clouseau's final gig
  Tuesday, 1 January, 2008
• Manic Motorcycle Monday
  Monday, 28 May, 2007
• New motorbike - Honda CBF1000
  Saturday, 28 April, 2007
• BAiT split
  Saturday, 24 March, 2007
• Ski Sunday
  Monday, 5 February, 2007
• Saddam Hanged
  Saturday, 30 December, 2006
• The beard has gone
  Thursday, 28 December, 2006
• Warmth again
  Wednesday, 27 December, 2006
• Bleak House
  Tuesday, 26 December, 2006
• Christmas Day
  Monday, 25 December, 2006
• Plumbing fun continued and off to the In-Laws'.
  Sunday, 24 December, 2006
• Cursed plastic water pipes
  Saturday, 23 December, 2006
• Work's Christmas Meal
  Friday, 22 December, 2006
• Classical Guitar Lesson
  Tuesday, 19 December, 2006
• Mike Oldfield's Blue Peter theme
  Wednesday, 6 December, 2006
• Muggers need to be offered more fun activities
  Wednesday, 29 November, 2006
• Albert Pierrepoint
  Thursday, 16 November, 2006
• First Direct to start charging for current accounts
  Wednesday, 15 November, 2006
• BAiT frustration and guitar plucking
  Tuesday, 31 October, 2006
• Old and familiar voices
  Sunday, 29 October, 2006
• Ice Skating
  Sunday, 22 October, 2006
• Kill Clouseau and muses on covers and originals gigs
  Sunday, 22 October, 2006
• RoboTommo
  Wednesday, 11 October, 2006
• Ouch, that had to hurt
  Tuesday, 10 October, 2006
• BAiT support gig with GPS
  Wednesday, 4 October, 2006
• Good quotation
  Thursday, 21 September, 2006
• Wales trip
  Sunday, 17 September, 2006
• Clooney the diplomat
  Friday, 15 September, 2006
• Kill Clouseau - The First Gig
  Sunday, 10 September, 2006
• My MySpace page
  Friday, 18 August, 2006
• Another good 'un leaves work
  Friday, 23 June, 2006
• Car Companion
  Saturday, 6 May, 2006
• Emo Philips
  Wednesday, 29 March, 2006
• LGV Class C+E (HGV Class 1) retest day
  Monday, 27 March, 2006
• I've been Wikipediaed!
  Saturday, 25 March, 2006
• No Yorkie for John
  Friday, 17 March, 2006
• There is no such thing as an "illegal war"
  Friday, 3 February, 2006
• LGV (HGV) practical driving test
  Friday, 20 January, 2006
• Happy biking
  Tuesday, 3 January, 2006
• I'm an uncle again
  Monday, 2 January, 2006
• Motorbike oil change day
  Sunday, 1 January, 2006
• BAiT acoustic album progress
  Sunday, 11 December, 2005
• LGV assessment
  Saturday, 10 December, 2005
• Passed my LGV theory test
  Friday, 25 November, 2005
• Remembrance Sunday
  Sunday, 13 November, 2005
• Trip to Ashford and BAiT gig at the Jailhouse, Coventry
  Friday, 11 November, 2005
• A gig best forgotten
  Tuesday, 1 November, 2005
• BAiT at The Golden Cross and John joins LiveJournal
  Friday, 28 October, 2005
• Capital Punishment
  Saturday, 22 October, 2005
• Spock's Beard gig
  Monday, 17 October, 2005
• Mike Oldfield's new album, Light And Shade
  Tuesday, 11 October, 2005
• BAiT on the radio
  Monday, 10 October, 2005
• Jon Anderson solo gig
  Friday, 7 October, 2005
• Ronnie Barker RIP
  Tuesday, 4 October, 2005
• BAiT's first gig since 31.12.2002
  Monday, 19 September, 2005
• IQ gig
  Saturday, 17 September, 2005
• The innocence of children
  Monday, 15 August, 2005
• Iraq lead to terrorist attacks in UK?
  Monday, 18 July, 2005
• London Olympics and G8 summit
  Wednesday, 6 July, 2005
• Bad language at Live 8
  Monday, 4 July, 2005
• Ian Brown at Glastonbury
  Monday, 27 June, 2005
• Birthday, cold, and Wilf Lunn
  Monday, 13 June, 2005
• Yes tribute band and the EU's CAP
  Friday, 10 June, 2005
• A letter to my MP re vehicle licence duty replacement
  Thursday, 9 June, 2005
• Direct Democracy
  Tuesday, 7 December, 2004
• George Bush 2004
  Sunday, 14 November, 2004