Complaint: Wet Feet Winfield

Still posting my old complaints up – this is from where I bought some leaky shoes from Clarks in autumn 2014: Dear Sir I have only had these shoes for 7 weeks and already the stitching on the top is coming loose and when it rains my feet get wet. If I lived in Dubai this would be fine, but with medium-long range models suggesting an unsettled first half to winter, I am going to regularly have wet feet. Perhaps even worse, my blue socks with stars on now have a brown sheen from the bottom of my wet shoes. … Continued

Complaint: Rocket

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Dear Sainsbury’s As you may be aware, I have been developing my capacity to travel into space.  I wrote to you some time ago to complain about my teleport machine rejecting the rotten strawberries that I had purchased from you.  You were kind enough to refund the cost of said strawberries. My teleport machine, however, does not get me into space – it can only handle earth-teleportation as gravity has to be calibrated to the exact constant to be able to deliver without defect. I have recently been developing a leaf-powered rocket.  Now I am some way off being able … Continued

Labour’s Spin Machine Is Back

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Remember Labour’s spin machine?  Do you remember when our country was run by the likes of Alastair Campbell and Peter Mandelson?  It’s back in fine form, with outright lies and disgusting false accusations, this time over spending on the disabled. I’ll outline some facts first, followed by some opinion and a likely outcome. Most importantly, spending on the disabled is not being cut.  Categorically, not even in nominal terms (ie before inflation) is spending on the disabled being cut.  This is a blatant outright lie. Currently spending on the Personal Independence Payments (PIP) is £16.2 billion.  This was expected to … Continued

The Do A Little Bit Budget – My Official Response

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I am still awaiting my invite to speak at parliament in response to the budget.  I am disturbed that they have invited such disluminaries as Corbyn and McDonnell to waffle on but they are still ignoring me.  Does the speaker not read my blog? Nevertheless, one or two people will hear my response. The stand-out policy is the Lifetime ISA – at least if you are under 40 and don’t own a house.  If you are not in this category you are probably too busy campaigning to make sure no houses are built anywhere in the country to protect the … Continued

Weight

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I recently read in The Economist about an app where you make financial pledges to lose weight, gain fitness, etc and if you cannot prove that you have reached your targets, you forfeit your money. I have to get serious about losing this belly so I have set myself a rule that I need to lose 1kg between each time that I go clubbing. So before I go to Tobacco Dock on 2nd April I need to be 88kg.  For clubbing in Bucharest at the end of April, I need to be 87kg.  For tINI and the gang in May, … Continued

Let Me Shop On Sundays Please

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Occasionally, I want to go buy something from a shop later on a Sunday afternoon. Currently, I am not allowed to. Many shops close at 4pm.  Others at 5pm.  If you are lucky, or in central London (also lucky) then 6pm. Many of us across the country work Monday to Friday – many of the shops are closed when we are not at work on these 5 days, unless you happen to live in a vibrant metropolitan area or close to a major shopping centre. Weekends are two precious days filled with a variety of activities for many people – … Continued

Complaint: Sainsburys – Low Alcohol Wine Issues

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Another complaint from 2014 that I thought I’d share: Dearest Sainsburys I would firstly like to apologise for the delay in sending you this complaint – you will probably notice that I am normally quite quick to complain however I have been spending a lot of time caressing my mullet recently. I received some trout on 23rd August and thought nothing more about it until 25th when it came to making trout and dill fishcakes – it had a best before date of 23rd August. I am not happy with this. Further to that, I purchased some rose wine last … Continued

Complaint: Tesco Scratchcard

From 2014: Dear Sir I went to your Tesco Express branch on Monday evening just gone to purchase two scratchcards. However when I got to the till, I was advised that they were already locked up for the evening. I could perhaps understand if it were 10:55pm however it was 8:30pm. The store was open for another 2 and a half hours. I appreciate the efforts of your store to refrain me from gambling, however these were gifts for my housemate and my sister for their birthdays. Thankfully President Mubarrak at the M&S garage across the road was very keen … Continued

Re-Re-Tox

It’s over! I woke up this morning and considered whether I should do a shot of absinthe or not.  In the end, I declined and had some milk and weetabix instead. 36 days have gone with no beer, cider, chorizo, vodka, wine, crack, ecstasy, quaaludes, LSD, cannabis, whiskey, brandy, gin, lager, ale, ketamine, barbiturates, cigarettes, bacon, sausages, MDMA, cocaine, GHB, speed, 2Ci and sex. Yes I have been ever so boring over the last month. It works.  I feel less tired, my body feels better, I have been having 7-8 hours of sleep EVERY single night, I have lost weight, … Continued

OI! Tories. Stick Together.

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OK.  I think the Brexit lot are nutcases.  Some of them make quite lucid arguments but many are fanciful – seemingly expecting a large pot of gold just for leaving the world’s largest trading club.  Not to mention the magical sovereignty – wow.  Get in the English Channel. On the other side, the Brexiters amongst you probably think I am crazy for wanting to stay in a club with at least some democratic deficiency, possibly some corruption and some damn irritating rules that we have applied to our law book. Boris used to be one of my favourite politicians but … Continued