In response to Joe Hakim's Opinion: The King is Dead ... Again. By Kay

Well, this post reminded me of a railway station at midnight, where the only inhabitants are drunken tramps spitting out a string of semi-coherent invective. I really don't see how you can criticise anyone else Joe, when you come off sounding like an unbalanced style-less dumbfuck. I bet your keyboard took a hammering there as you released your ultimate weapon . . . the middle-class suburb-dwelling idiot putdown! Bloody marvellous. What?

You're right in part though, Steve Regan does have the uncanny ability of being able to (through the use of his own unique brand of insane logic) whip some poor village idiot into a frenzy.

Now, I'll admit that I really don't know if he'll want to take you up on your kind offer of a night round the town - 19 bottles of wife beater, a curry and a promised trip to Hull's own casualty dept. may not be his cup of tea. But of course, I don't speak on behalf of Mr. Regan, so we shall have to wait and see his reaction, however, I do have a sneaky feeling that in due course the gentleman himself may well wish to put someone straight, and insert his own textual boot into a private orifice.

I must also admit to feeling just a little surprise when I saw the Viagra taunt, it did sound a tad harsh, especially coming from a man who probably makes the skin on the back of his own neck crawl and has to slip himself half a Viagra and a Rohypnol just to have a wank. But hey-ho it takes all sorts to make a world eh? I would like to make one suggestion though - if you're not interested in, or have a particular dislike for a person(s) or their writing style - you just don't read them. Scroll past, go on to the next, or simply don't click on it to begin with you dumb twat.

Simple is it not? This of course was just a suggestion. I do have others.

Opinions - Response To Steven Greendale's Article By Mark Pollard
	To Steven Greendale: You're a bright lad, aren't you? Firstly, you accuse Anthony Newlyne of taking a poke at Ian Newton's book The Night Shift, when Newlyne's enjoyment of and respect for Newton's work is made quite clear despite the article being somewhat ironic in parts. How could you not have understood this, Mr Greendale? Can't you read properly? Secondly, you have a Read more...

Opinions - The King Is Dead...Again By Joe Hakim
	Well, I've just read Steve Regan's latest column, and I'm glad to see that the old cigar-chomping fuckwit hasn't let me down. I can still remember seeing his mug leering out from the top of his shitty sub-Gary Bushell column in the Hull Daily Mail, and by the look of it he hasn't managed to land his dream job as a Sun hack, but then again, even people who write for the tabloids need Read more...

Opinions - Hull By Wesy G

	Over the years, my experience of Hull has been limited to 80 minute slots of rugby or trips through to the P & O dock. Until recently. Via my job I have been working in East Hull for several months and have been surprised, disappointed, fulfilled and benefited in equal measure. Yes, the stereotypes of Hullers being cynical, defensive etc often hold true but to be honest Read more...

Opinions - Response To Steven Greendale's Article By Andrew Hampel
	Hull has always been groundbreaking. From Amy Johnson and William Wilberforce to the invention of LCDs and the Venn diagram. Not to forget the first Ferro concrete bridge and public crematorium. I could go on. It is for these reasons I am always saddened that the image of Hull often promoted by those from outside and even worse, inside the city, is Read more...

Opinions - Three Piece Bands By Rob Aarosin

	I thought I would send some feedback about an old article which I stumbled on whilst looking round your site. It relates to Nick Quantrill's Pave - Linnet and Lark 05 February 2004 music/pavenicklinet.html review (yes I know its old but I really thought I should comment on what was said), especially the part where he claimed there were/are not really any Read more...

Opinions - Hull By Maolsheachlann O' Ceallaigh

	Hello Hullizens! I'm a 28-year-old chap from Dublin who has kind of adopted your native city. Never went abroad in my life before last year, then I went to London, Brighton, Doncaster, Sheffield and Hull. And Hull was my favourite! By far. And I prefer it to Dublin, too. Dublin is too big. I like the Yorkshire accent and the people are friendly, the streets are tidy and Read more...

Opinions - Steve Regan 'The King of Hull' Column By Mark Pollard

	I'm just wondering why Steve Regan is being given exposure by thisisull.com. It's something I've been pondering for a while, but his recent piece on the way our brave boys... in Iraq have been so badly treated by the white feather press (i.e. The Guardian), and which included disparaging references to hand-wringing liberals finally confirmed my concerns at Read more...

Opinions - Hull's Music Scene Gets Screwed By The Arts Council ... Again By Anonymous

I opened a local newspaper today to be greeted by an article congratulating Duffy- Howard Productions on receiving an Arts Council grant for £34,006. This is purely for the Grassroots festival, a 2-day event taking place in August. The Arts Council had given grants to only three Hull organisations, and Grassroots got the lion's share, the others being granted only £1,020 and £4,493 each. The newspaper says that the aim of Read more...

Opinions - Is the Hull Music Scene Dying? By Anonymous

	My argument is about how bad the indie scene in hull is getting. First of all, Indie? Where did the term indie come from? As you can remember Indie is short for Independent, which means a band on an independent label. But since Oasis, Blur and The Verve became big then every band eventually had that Brit pop sound which is decribed as Indie. Obviously it has Read more...

Opinions - Intolerance By Lee Cassanell

	Something is rotten in the state of Denmark according to a twisted branch of the Muslim tree, and whereas the rest of the sane world is astounded and disgusted by the ludicrous invention that is Microwavable Bacon, the Muslims have a bee in their burkas about a few pictures of the Prophet Mohammed that were innocently printed in a Danish newspaper. So incensed Read more...

Opinions - Political Correctness Can Be a Good Thing By David Sloan
	The idea of using political correctness to improve society is a very good one. Everyone has the right to be treated equally, regardless of their sex, colour or religion. Unfortunately, as with most good ideas, it has been corrupted and distorted by small-minded people who use it to their own ends. Every day now someone seems to be knocking political correctness. Read more...

Opinions - Reply to Michelle Dee's Review of Band Wars at The Polar Bear By Nathan Walker

	What a shame you had a very biased person reviewing the Polar Bear Battle Of The Bands final. A little bit of research will have shown that Jimmy Hates Willy earned their place in the final by virtue of being in the top two bands to play at each of their heats (I have a feeling they were one of the only two in each of their heats, but you know!). As for The Cyclones Read more...

Opinions - Reply to Michelle Dee's Review of Band Wars at The Polar Bear By Loz Cyclone, The Cyclones

	I had to take umbrage with Michelle Dee's totally cattish and twisted so-called review of Band Wars. Admittedly, she* did provide the highlight of the evening by remonstrating with one of the judges about the unfairness of the decision to give Conscience the grand in cash. The watching Cyclones laughed at the hystericalness of it all. Now to a few facts. The Cyclones, who Read more...

Opinions - Reply to Michelle Dee's Review of Band Wars at The Polar Bear By Sue Watson

	I have just read Michelle Dee's review of the Band Wars final at the Polar Bear and I am outraged and horrified that you have allowed her to write what she did. Not only has she slandered the landlady of the Polar Bear, but also myself, as I was one of the judges that night and can assure you, I know enough about music to warrant my place as a judge. Not only have I been Read more...

Opinions - Response To Anthony Newlyne's Article By Steven Greendale
	Commenting on the article by Anthony Newlyne taking a poke at Ian Newton for his new book The Night Shift, and saying because it is six episodes of a sitcom, 'it is cheating to publish it.' : What a load of rubbish. Ian Newton is one of the best local writers Hull has produced for years, and a real character. We must all remember his antics some time ago now when he Read more...

Opinions - Hull Writer Ian Newton is Cheating By Anthony Newlyne
	Ian Newton the writer had just produced his third book. The book is six episodes of a sitcom and called The Night Shift. THIS IS CHEATING!! Obviously Ian Newton cannot get his sitcom on telly so someone has published it for him. I bought a copy of the book, and all I can say if that is the standard of comedy writing turned down by TV companies, then I have no chance, Read more...

Opinions - Rise of the Madmen By Lee Cassanell

	I'm driven with a mission from God. God would tell me, George, go and fight those terrorists in Afghanistan. And I did, and then God would tell me, George, go and end the tyranny in Iraq... And I did. And now, again, I feel God's words coming to me: go get the Palestinians their state and get the Israelis their security, and get peace in the Middle East. And by God I'm gonna do it. Read more...

Opinions - Mark Pollard's Response to a Couple of Hull's Blinkered Critics

	Well, Channel 4's rubbish programme the other week (I can't even be arsed to mention it's name any more) certainly resulted in the odd fucknut blowing the cobwebs from their PC keyboard and jumping onto that bitter little bandwagon, didn't it? You want to know what's the worst thing about Hull? It's that, like any other city, it has it's fair share of these types - the sort of Read more...

Opinions - MP Diana Johnson Uninspired by Hull By David Sloan

Hull MP Diana Johnson thinks prisoners should be allowed to vote. If she went on the streets of Hull and asked the people what they thought I'm sure she would get a very different answer. She was inspired, she says by a former inmate John Hirst, who served a life sentence for manslaughter. He mounted a legal challenge saying depriving him of his vote was against his human rights. He is now free, Read more...

Opinions - Christmas Shopping Opportunity By Mr. A.N. Gry
	Well Christmas will soon be upon us and everyone is busy getting their Christmas shopping lists ready of what to get their kids or even themselves, but unfortunately at some other poor bugger's expense! Yes, the Christmas bookings for stereos and PCs and play stations etc., etc, etc. are being taken and the opportunists are a knocking at our backdoors and windows (good job we have 3 monsters Read more...