At long last – let’s ‘Get Brexit done’
Chris CornfordCue the Jaws theme, just when you thought it was safe to dip a toe in the water, chatting normally…
Read MoreA LOOK BACK IN TIME: Management of the roads in this neighbourhood
As we publish our 100th edition we thought readers would find it interesting to look back each week at historical…
Read MoreHOLMSEY – My new campaign
This winter lockdown seems far worse than the last. What does one do to stave off boredom and acute Covid-itis?…
Read MoreBoris’s Halloween horror show – Mk 2
I have a naturally cheerful disposition but there’s an awful lot of gloom around. Last Saturday was Hallowe’en. Desperate for…
Read MoreHolmsey – Let them eat sausage
Unless they’re being called ‘the nasty party,’ the Tories love a slogan, but their heartless decision not to fund free…
Read MoreHolmsey – Covid-19 choices
Carole DennettHolmsey looks back at his mispent youth - do you remember warm school milk and rented tellies? What else was…
Read MoreHolmsey – We’re all fed up with Covid
Holmsey is off on one again. Do you agree with him?
Read MoreBob’s confused and befuddled housing policy
That didn’t take long. Last week I praised Bob Seely for opposing the daft housing targets for the Island, but…
Read MoreHolmsey – Hurrah for Bob – at last he’s come good!
I knew it would happen eventually, he just needed time. Patience is a virtue we’re told, although like most humans,…
Read MoreWho’s making up some of these new rules – Capt Mainwaring?
Isle of Wight ObserverThe episode of Dad’s Army last Saturday had eerie echoes of our current predicament. The wonderfully pompous Captain Mainwaring took…
Read MoreLet’s pray this isn’t a hopeless cause
Someone pinch me, this can’t be real can it? I guess a majority of us stopped believing God is responsible…
Read MoreWe need to support each other
‘Previous generations had to go to war, we’re being asked to sit on the sofa’ A murder of crows, a…
Read MoreWe will weather this latest crisis – Just Keep Calm and Carry On!
‘Until now, I’ve resisted, but I’m now starting to panic about panic buying, so who should I call?’ ‘What’s goin’…
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