Current Affairs UK

In anticipation of GMT, the voters stayed in bed

As most of you will have realised long ago, and will undoubtedly have understood by 4:30 pm yesterday, I am probably not the brightest when it comes to…

1 hr ago •

Martian plot to unionise racing... or maybe it's just Labour.

Sometimes I just wonder whether Aliens have kidnapped me and turned my life into one long series of tests, where, luckily, the probes used are just…

Oct 24 •

Paving the way to taxing the Cause, not the Effect

I think it’s fair to say that Champion’s Day was a game of two halves.

Oct 21 •

One Sweet and Sour Dysprosium Oxide and a Manganese and Cobalt Spare Ribs

China is weaponising Rare Earths and Resources in its Western Aspirations

Oct 16 •

The Prix de, a Grand Prix, and one sad one.

Sadly, a combination of diary conflicts, racing, and a desire to do anything but attend (including standing in a vat of boiling oil, chanting “Oh Jermey…

Oct 5 •

Just writing dear, not ranting!

I am grateful for your patience, blame the delay if you like on writer’s cramp, a technical term for wife.

Sep 27 •

Crab Air is going to save us, all wearing plastic shoes

This week we have learned that the embrocation, if not the cure for all Cheltenham’s racing ills, is to reduce the numbers of people coming for two of…

Sep 26 •

There's a faint glimmer of light; no it's just a pub that hasn't shut yet

Britain's Power Blank and the final day of The Western Meeting

Sep 19 •

Thames Valley Police in charge of Uncle Sam's safety… unless they're too busy!

Plus a tiny history of UK racecourses and The Western Meeting Day 1

Sep 18 •

Like an Arabian horse show in Doha, after an Israeli flypast, there are numerous conflicting messages currently flying around.

Sep 11 •

Boyd's Own Paper: EXCLUSIVE!

Fly-on-the-wall drone transcript of Rayner interrogation

Sep 5 •

Brave Ryan wins the wife, but who wins at No 10?

Dismal and costly Racing yesterday, with favourite after favourite beaten out of sight.

Aug 31 •

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