Kevin Holdridge's Blog

King and Allen are one of the modern breed of tailors offering bespoke suits at lower price than Savile Row. They do this by having the cutting done in low-wage economies overseas, by marketing on the internet, and operating from lower-cost premises in less glamorous locations.
Apart from the attractive financial proposition, I chose to buy [...]

Regus are the first of two entries today in the Hall of Shame.  A few months ago, we took out a virtual office package with them for our new London base. All we needed initially was mail forwarding. Although they are not the  cheapest in the market, Regus had premises in the right part of [...]

Very exciting evening match at Gresty Road (League Cup round 2). Despite being the underdogs from League 2, Crewe put in a sterling performance. They gave  Ipswich a real run for their money. For most of the game, Crewe looked like the team most likely to win. It was only a goal from a corner [...]

Well, finally the fingers have been prised away from the door jamb of Number Ten, and Gordon Brown is no longer Prime Minister.
It would be churlish to hit a man while he is down and nobody would wish him and his family anything other than health and happiness. But that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t [...]

To be fair to Gordon Brown (I know – never thought I’d be writing that), the weekend’s tabloid opprobrium for him staying on as “The Squatter in Number Ten” post-election is not reasonable.  It is right and proper that he should stay on there as PM until there is a credible option in place to [...]

The BBC reports today that Gordon Brown assures us that “The UK has made ‘all the preparations that are necessary’ to protect the Falkland Islands.” Taking into consideration Mr Brown’s track record to date, not least his commitment to resourcing of military activity, my best advice to the Falkland Islanders would be to start learning [...]

Health minister Mike O’Brien has made another reasoned contribution to the advancement of public debate – an incisive and insightful Twitter posting:
”The sacking of Terry is crass. Capello has bowed to tabloid pressure. Infidelity is bad but I saw no signs of fatigue in his football.”
Presumably Capello did what he thought was the right thing [...]

So Fabio has done the necessary thing and sacked John Terry. Can’t see that there was any sensible alternative, but it still feels quite strange having  the national team handled in such an appropriate manner. Hope to get used to that.
Mind you, we seem to have swapped an apparently venal adulterer from an allegedly criminal [...]