Apparently, last week's Pink Paper – owned by the Mardi Gras owners – confessed that only 28,000 (of a possible 85,000) tickets were sold. YES! YES! YES! Death to Mardi Gras! Unfortunately, it looks as if Mardi Gras 2000 Ltd … Continue reading
A fan site for the designers reveals something surprising… Air Top speed: 47 mph, G-force: 3.5 G, length: 2,756 feet. Nemesis Top speed: 50 mph, G-force: 4 G, length: 2,349 feet So Air is only slightly slower than Nemesis. It … Continue reading
In my three previous visits to Chessington this season, the 'new' Vampire ride was either not open yet or broken down. So it was with some optimism that I set out a couple of Fridays ago to the park with … Continue reading
Let's see if I can get my review of Air in first 
I hadn't been to Alton Towers since the early 80s – at that point, it had a few small rides, but on a 'pay as you ride' … Continue reading
It's not just software patents that are dubious… someone's applying for a US patent on the stunning and not at all obvious idea of having a testing system "wherein the test is privately conducted and testing results are anonymously reported … Continue reading
What made me particularly appreciate the Mitch Benn song is not just my loathing of the Mail's racism, but also that one of Lisa's brothers lives in Newton, one of the proposed sites, with his wife and kids. A tiny … Continue reading
Asylum seekers here, asylum seekers there In Throckmorton, and who knows where Their story's been splashed all over this week's Daily Mail In which they're designated foreigners for bashing They'll rob our homes, they'll nick our jobs Though paradox-ically we … Continue reading
… by not watching the Queen Mother's funeral: (courtesy of the BBC, ITN, Sky News and CNN). 1.) "The people in the amassed crowds have come from all over the world. I was speaking – just this morning – to … Continue reading
The Tory candidate in Harrow West this time, following the defeat of the sitting Tory in 92 (an ex-junior minister most famous for his adultery) was Danny Finkelstein. Danny was once known as Yet Another Reason to Hate the SDP … Continue reading
Lib Dem News columns for Oct and Nov 93 … Continue reading