StreetLaughter

James Anderton was the chief constable of the Greater Manchester. His campaigns to combat crime were complemented by his public opinions on ...

Something for the Jubilee. Something other than just posting a load of puns involving the word “Queen”, mind you. So something related to he...

At the beginning of November 1979 Anthony Boyle published “The Climate of Treason”. The book could not explicitly refer to Blunt, but it sti...

Thorpe had given his resignation as leader of the Liberal party to David Steel on 10 May 1976. In considering how the great man could have ...

in “The Evening Standard” 15 May 1984 Most of the editorial cartoons about the whole affaire d'Keith Hampson either relate to the polic...

Raymond Jackson (JAK) in the “Standard” 20 August 1981 It’s that man JAK again. And he’s actually using the cliché tagline from the end of m...

Raymond Jackson in the “Evening Standard” 2 April 1986 The Greater London Council was disbanded on 31 March 1985, following the passing of t...

Raymond Jackson in the “Evening Standard” 6 December 1985 “Barmy Bernie” is/was Bernie Grant, one of the first black MPs. Before that, in 19...

Raymond Jackson in "The Evening Standard" 10 July 1984 The GLC had put up advertising hoardings publicising the Conservative Gove...

by Raymond Allen Jackson ("JAK") in "Evening Standard" 29 January 1983 “Trots” is Trotskyites. “Anti-Irish Jokes is a re...

by Raymond Allen Jackson ("JAK") in "Evening Standard" 25 November 1982 With repeated antagonistic reporting and distort...

"Bring up the boiling oil, Peter Tatchell's queers are coming." Jak (Raymond Jackson) in the “Evening Standard”, 22 April 1997...

When the General Synod convened, the Archbishop of Canterbury Robert Runcie refused to be railroaded by extremists. Instead the Synod was le...

The first mass outing of gay clergy in the Church of England came from conservative elements from within. Possibly, because they felt homose...

Raymond Jackson in "Evening Standard", 27 April 1963