Thursday, 30 October 2008  A Geography Lesson For EU Referendum
In a post today, Dr Richard North described Coventry as "that
bit of England stuck somewhere between London and Yorkshire".
Which is as daft as those Brummies who claim Birmingham is the
second city to London (instead of Coventry). For the simple fact
is that instead of being stuck somewhere between London and
Yorkshire, Coventry is the centre of England and therefore the
world. Therefore, London and Bradford are places miles away on
the edge of the world for the purpose of paid business only. It
is a truth universally acknowledged by the wise that leafy
Warwickshire has all the arboreal beauty of the Garden of Eden
and, except for occasional soujourns to enjoy the coastal areas
of Devon, Dorset and Cornwall, there is no need to leave
Shakespeare's county. And to show there's no hard feelings from
me to the irascible Dr North here's his equally nice garden in
faraway Yorkshire. So, when the EU, carbon-warmers, windmills
and everything else gets