The day after the Euro and Local Elections, for everyone who wants to see the back of Gordoom, it is truly a day for rejoicing. So let’s all sing together A. LeClerq’s song “The Wreck of the Nancy Lee“: “I’ll tell you the tale of the Nancy Lee, The ship […]

It was on this day in 1940 that Winston Churchill stood up in the House of Commons and gave one of his many – but perhaps the most famous of his speeches. “…we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the […]

Today is election day across the UK for MEPs and local councils and just about every blog will be running with the story. However TheEye has a penchant for remembering. It was 5 years ago today that we lost The Gipper at the fine age of 93. Yesterday a tearful […]

Just on the day when Hazel Blears sticks another knife in the back of the One Eyed Snot Gobbler it seems that he won’t go quietly. Gordoom has just surfaced as a crop circle in the form of a spineless jellyfish. The owners of the land in Oxfordshire have urged […]

TheEye is looking forward to the carnage of the Euro Elections. Various people have tagged TheEye for predictions but it is easier just to fisk this email from a co-conspirator and my good friend A. “So my predictions are : For the Euros, Labour down a lot, Tories down a […]

From the ever-odd Croatian Times we learn that a British historian is claiming King Arthur was buried in Croatia. This article is quoted in entirety so no point going through the link. “Historian John Matthews has told the Croatian daily newspaper Jutarnji List he believes the gravestone found in the […]

This gate was built in the Tower of London by Edward I to provide a water gate to St Thomas’s Tower which was a royal residence. During the 17th Century its use was changed to bringing those accused of being traitors – including Anne Boleyn, Sir Thomas More and Queen […]

It is almost exactly 50 hours until the Beginning Of The End. The Götterdämmerung except that was of course the Twilight Of The Gods and Gordoom hardly qualifies as one of those. From the G.O.T we are reminded with a typically excellent picture as to how it’s going to turn […]

Admire the USS Reagan next to the USS Arizona memorial. Superb. When the Bridge pipes ‘Man the Rail’ there is a lot of rail to man on this monster: shoulder to shoulder, around 45 acres. Her displacement is about 100,000 tons with full complement. Capability: Top speed exceeds 30 knots, […]

Comment gêner une nation entière dans un mouvement facile. Basically by not bothering to invite Her Majesty to the 65th Anniversary of D-Day. The French have admitted not “personally” inviting the Queen but should she feel like turning up at the side door and taking her place in the queue […]