This was spotted in the Daily LabourGraph but, this being a blog with a military twist, it deserves another airing. We read: “A British serviceman currently on active service in Afghanistan is to use his five days’ leave in the UK to run the London Marathon. Flt Lt Michael O’Hara […]

This was spotted in the Daily LabourGraph but, this being a blog with a military twist, it deserves another airing. We read: “A British serviceman currently on active service in Afghanistan is to use his five days’ leave in the UK to run the London Marathon. Flt Lt Michael O’Hara […]

Hard as it may be to believe, your correspondent has actually had to negotiate to have concrete poured in a certain place at a certain depth, to a certain specification IN AFGHANISTAN (camp bastion to be precise). And you know what? It’s bl**dy impossible! Story here For once I actually […]

Whilst promising to return with a more serious post, TheEye didn’t think it would be this serious. There are times when the self-imposed ban on becoming a sweary blog is hard to maintain. From the DailyLabourGraph we learn: Council blocks home for maimed marine. Marine Joe Townsend (20) put his […]

St C was relaxing with the Sunday papers this weekend when he read this article in the Times on Sunday. Here is the extract that caught my eye. The offensive, which included British, Danish, Estonian and Afghan troops, began in earnest on December 7. The first clashes included an attack […]