Author Archives: Tess French

Yesterday, a friend of mine sent me a photo that she had seen on social media. It was my neighbours, raising their glasses, in front of the stable block that one of them built without planning permission. Their glee was to celebrate their victory in stopping me achieving planning permission to live on my land.Continue reading “Kulaks vs Kolkhoz”

I’ve seen some anti Covid vaccination people online today, declaring that they’re going to get their flu jab. On the other hand. I’ve seen people also stating that all vaccinations are bad. I talk about eradicating smallpox, and that makes me a government stooge. Everyone has a stance on the Covid conspiracy. But there’s noContinue reading “Danger? Just Capitalism, Darling.”

Word is they’re on about cancelling Christmas. For fear of sounding like the Grinch, good. Bring it on. I bloody hate Christmas. Kids of a certain age, as in my age, are probably feeling the same way as I am. And that’s because we’re eighties kids, born in the seventies, with all the memories ofContinue reading “Cancel Christmas? Go On Then.”

From what I can see there’s not much good to come out of this Penally situation. The county is completely divided down the middle. I’m pretty shocked at some of the things I’ve heard people say, people that I thought were ok. I’ve noticed a lot of Tory voters getting very angry indeed. Most ofContinue reading “Innocent White Boys”

Well. We had Dowsongate. We had Kraussgate. Now, ladies and gents, if indeed, I’m still allowed to address you that way, welcome to Penallygate. I’m still in shock from reading the comments. Literally, shock. I knew that Pembrokeshire was, how you say, sheltered, a little misinformed, a little behind the times, a little bit setContinue reading “The Penally Camp Massacre”

I keep seeing stuff online about the Workers Party, and it’s quite frustrating, as a member of the party, to see this stuff bandied around willy-nilly. Even some pretty good people, that you think are ok, that you seem to largely agree with, seem to have this really weird mental block about our party. SinceContinue reading “Mythbuster”

Ok I don’t wanna generalise. But I’m gonna. All the people I know personally, as in, in real life, that are Covid deniers, are also flat earthers. And they’re moon landing deniers. And antic vaxxers. That protest in London over the weekend, where there were 35k people, apparently, all without masks, is gonna present aContinue reading “Woke. The New Sleep.”

We’re all going crazy. I think it’s official. We’ve got to that point of no return. There’s no way out. Look at social media right now. Everyone is proper losing it. Even the ones who ordinarily seem to have their shit together. This is all too much for the human mind to cope with. InContinue reading “Lunacy, Boomers and Trust”

A buddy of mine has alerted me to the fact that this weekend some Extinction Rebellion protestors blocked the roundabout at Carmarthen. This roundabout is the main route into West Wales and on a bank holiday would have caused a considerable amount of disruption. A row has broken out on social media of course, asContinue reading “Roundabout Now”

You know when you talk to right wing people about socialism and they start going on about socialists wanting free stuff all the time? Well. I’ve been on a little bit of a research mission during the Covid crisis, keeping my ear to the ground for little evidences of selfishness. It wasn’t my intention toContinue reading “Judas, Must You Betray Me With A Kiss…?”