Man in a Shed: Bullies must be faced down !

Thursday, September 28, 2006

Bullies must be faced down !

Takes one to know one Mr Reid. (And this is the first, and maybe last, time I'm linking to the Socialist Worker ).

Update: See Shami Chakrabati comments which look like they are heading in 'Dr' Reid's direction.

1 comment:

Alfie said...: I always used to get my Dad (who was the ex Royal Navy heavyweight boxing champ) to do the revenge bit when I was a kid...... but now he's brown bread - thankfully there is Friends Reunited to help in the task of hunting down, smiting and exacting a most terrible vengeance upon tthose school bullies from 40 years ago...... Grrrrrrrrrr.

(Sorry, painful memories brings out the pulp fiction in me:-); 4:24 pm

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