And they lived happily ever after. The End

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Law Review: Ken Clarke appointed Justice Secretary and Lord Chancellor

Ken Clarke  has been appointed Justice Secretary and Lord Chancellor. Ken Clarke was a lawyer, he has kept in touch at his Inn (Gray’s, where he is a bencher) and gets a resounding endorsement from former Lord Chancellor Lord Falconer.  Clarke could be good news for, law, the rule of law and for  lawyers. Clarke [...]

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Lawcast 166: Law blogger Jack of Kent on the Paul Chambers Twitter bomb tweet

Today I am talking to the blogger Jack of Kent about the extraordinary decision in the case of Paul Chambers, a young trainee accountant, who  posted a ‘bomb’ message on Twitter. The message was “Crap! Robin Hood Airport is closed. You’ve got a week and a bit to get your shit together, otherwise I’m blowing [...]

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From unelected prime minister to an entire government no-one voted for.

Prime Minister Cameron being greeted by Cabinet Secretary Sir Gus O’Donnell as he enters 10 Downing Street.

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Liberals… dontcha luv ‘em?

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F**kART: GREEN! – A study in perception

Green! (2010) Charon after a drink period Spray can paint on board, matches, a cigarette and a box on board Charon On this day… when Britain had a change of  prime minister and government, I amused myself with creating a ‘painting’… well.. more of a collage.  It is, as with all my paintings, complete nonsense, [...]

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Breaking News: ADAM BOULTON HAS ESCAPED!!

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Rake’s Progress on Coalition Talks – Harlotry?!

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Return of the Cybermen?….

It gave me an absurd, almost surreal, amount of pleasure to read The Times leader this morning over a strong black coffee and learn that the current vice-president of the Lib-Dem  federal executive  is Brian Orrell, who used to play a cyberman in Dr Who.  I think Tom Harris MP, a noted Dr Who fan [...]

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F**kART Returns!: Nokiaman won the election

The final pic in the election series. I do drafts first on paper before painting sometimes.  Here is a draft… not painted yet… may never be.  There are two others – painted in acrylics and spray can paint!  Obviously – all three are modelled on artwork done by the real artists who create these wonderful [...]

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F**kART returns!: CaptaincamCan – A study in working with fiends (sic)

With even more sincere apologies to artists who created the original superhero art and concepts! Tweet du Jour

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F**kArt returns!: Cleggoman – A Study in Blue & Yellow!

With sincere apologies to the creators of all Superhero characters….

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Danse Macabre – a study of our times?

Danse Macabre A selection of tweets…reflecting my view of the events of the day… I may have been at the juice…. but what a strange day.  Brown has gone to Scotland?!  To turn on the central heating ready for Monday?

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Postcard from The Staterooms in Tory Battersea: Anyone for a hanging edition

Dear Reader, I write to you from Battersea  which fell to the Tories in the early hours of Friday morning.  I won’t rehearse or analyse the election, or proselytise about politics for much longer – a return to writing about law is long overdue – but two things did occur to me as I had [...]

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Rive Gauche: From Tory Battersea

In the early hours of Friday morning, as Brillo was interviewing a motley crew of celebrities with absolutely nothing to add by way of illumination to the extraordinary events unfolding,  Battersea fell to the Tories and I found myself once again living in a part of London with a Tory MP. I enjoyed the election [...]

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Inspector Cleggeau – Kingmaker or Minkey?

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Podcast: 20 minutes with Ian Parker-Joseph

Today I am talking to Ian Parker-Joseph former leader of the Libertarian Party UK and now a keen supporter of the Albion Alliance. We explore libertarian ideals, the Albion Alliance and look back over the campaign and consider what lies ahead.a This is the last in my series of election political podcasts…. Listen to the [...]

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I had The Sun cabbie in the front of my cab…asking questions

In recent weeks, The Sun has had a ‘real life’ cab driver interviewing the leading politicians.  The cabbie starts by saying that he is a floating voter and asks the politicians what they offer to a voter like him.  I thought I would join in… Below is a transcript…. Charon: Good morning…El Vino’s on Fleet [...]

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Charon’s Election Campaign 2010 in Pictures!

A compilation of captioned pics during the election campaign.. a story of our times in pictures through the eye of a mind made febrile  by Rioja. Download the PDF

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Law Review: Judge rejects ‘irrational’ idea that Christianity deserves special protection from law and other matters

Judge rejects ‘irrational’ idea that Christianity deserves special protection from law The Times reports: Christianity deserves no protection in law above other faiths and to do so would be “irrational, divisive, capricious and arbitrary”, a senior judge said yesterday. In the latest clash between the judiciary and Christian believers Lord Justice Laws said that laws [...]

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