The Road from Glencassley – the last horse to win a UK race

The Road from Glencassley – the last horse to win a UK race

Stodge ponders the restart of horse racing As we all know, Glen Cassley is about eight miles west of Lairg in the Highlands. Glencassley is also the name of the horse that won the 5.25 at Wetherby on March 17th, the last horse race run in the United Kingdom. You can keep your football, cricket, rugby (both codes) and even motor sport – my sport of choice is the Sport of Kings and I miss it and I miss my…

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PB Nighthawks Cafe on the evening Trump said that he’d been treated worse than Abraham Lincoln – who, of course, was assassinated

PB Nighthawks Cafe on the evening Trump said that he’d been treated worse than Abraham Lincoln – who, of course, was assassinated

We haven’t spent much time of late looking at some of the wacko things that Trump comes out with. The latest is an assertion that he has been treated worse than Abraham Lincoln. The obvious response is that Lincoln was murdered. What could be worse than that? There’s little doubt that COVID-19 has had an enormous impact on the WH2020 race with primaries cancelled or postponed and the Democrats having to put back their convention till August. The impact on…

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COVID-19: It’s Not Your Fault

COVID-19: It’s Not Your Fault

The most seductive words in the English language are it’s not your fault. Finding someone else to blame is human nature. We all love to be told that some rank bajin is responsible for whatever ills us. We don’t have to take responsibility for ourselves, if we can only blame someone else. This is why conspiracy theories thrive. Some shadowy figures were responsible and therefore we’re not to blame. The most successful people I know never blame others, even when…

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As we start another lockdown week a Marf cartoon, some site news and a big thank you to PBers

As we start another lockdown week a Marf cartoon, some site news and a big thank you to PBers

A big thank to Marf for the above drawing which I think is a great visual representation of the lockdown. Two weeks ago I reported here that the site’s main revenue sources, display advertising and affiliate income from bookmakers, had declined to almost a trickle and we were fast getting to a stage where my retirement pension was PB’s main revenue source. You responded brilliantly with more than 200 PBers making donations. Hopefully this will take us through this difficult…

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A knighthood for Colonel Tom Moore?

A knighthood for Colonel Tom Moore?

During this pandemic one of the most uplifting moments has been the now promoted Colonel Tom Moore raising millions for the NHS at age of 99 now 100. He’s been an inspiration to us all as evidenced by the thirty million plus pounds raised and him becoming the oldest person to feature in a UK number one single. As noted above he’s been honoured with a promotion from captain to honorary colonel but I wonder if he’ll be awarded a…

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Jumping at shadows

Jumping at shadows

April is the cruellest month. At least, that is what the authorities hope. The government has carefully signalled that it intends to begin a slow relaxation of the lockdown, if Britain continues to move out of its total eclipse by Covid-19 into a penumbral recuperation from the most ferocious aspects of its onslaught. The government has to wrestle with two conflicting risks when making its decision. If Britain comes out of lockdown too early, it might risk a resurgence of Covid-19. If it waits…

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We’re going through an odd period in the leader ratings – both the PM and Starmer are positive across the board

We’re going through an odd period in the leader ratings – both the PM and Starmer are positive across the board

Which will be first to go negative? As regular PBers will know  I am a great fan of leader ratings as to pointers to political outcomes. At the last election in December Labour was always doomed while Corbyn struggled to get out of the worst set of ratings that any opposition leader has ever seen. Now his successor is going through his honeymoon and is positive ratings which are far in excess what Corbyn achieved in his five and a…

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