Tag Archives: poverty

Head Count

Posted on May 14, 2013 by The Kraken

  Hot balls! I’ve seen some bollocks being passed off as journalism in my time but last week something in The Times caught my eye and rendered me so enraged that the paper later had to be retrieved from the … Continue reading →

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Empty mouths

Posted on May 9, 2013 by The Kraken

You’ll never have guessed this, kraken-lovers, but I’m an arsy old scrote. I’m an even arsier old scrote first thing in the morning. So you can imagine what I was like when I received my local paper at breakfast time … Continue reading →

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Feeling the Benefit

Posted on April 8, 2013 by The Kraken

Well, bugger me. I chose one bollock of a time to take a week off didn’t I? As soon as I’d frantically signalled a time-out for the purpose of scoffing chocolate the nation promptly downloaded the contents of its collective … Continue reading →

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Poor Show

Posted on December 18, 2012 by The Kraken

Look, before I start I know that we are living in straitened times. We’re all broke and missing out on holidays and promising ourselves that if we ever meet George Osborne in the street we’ll punch the little fucker in … Continue reading →

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Poverty Sells

Posted on November 21, 2012 by The Kraken

You know that thing where you feel so exasperated that  you want to lie face down on the carpet until you drown in the shit of the feral cats that have broken into your house? That. That, that and that. … Continue reading →

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