I was born in 1966, and grew up right here in Norfolk in a parish on the edge of the city of Norwich, in the UK. At an early age I was always off climbing trees and getting up to mischief, but those were the good old days before all this health and safety nonsense ruined life. In those days, if I fell out of a tree and hurt myself I learnt to be a better climber. But today such a misshap would result in the owner of the tree being sued, and the nanny state charging my parents with child abuse or neglect.
After school I went off to join the army (my local regiment, The Royal Anglian Regiment), and spent the eighties playing soldier. After leaving the army I kept involved by joining the Territorial Army which I finally gave up in 2002.
For all my soldiering I always had a strong sense of patriotic duty towards my country, so imagine my horror when our so called government decided that freedom of choice was no longer a right, and was outlawed. This is not the country I served to protect, but rather the very thing I was protecting it from.
Thanks to the internet I was not completely alone, but my ability to contribute seemed impossible. Then in a moment of boredom (not having much of a social life anymore) I put on a Nazi uniform and tried to make a short video portaying ASH for the lying bigots that they are. This first attempt was too long so I reshot it as three shorter films (Anti Smoking League, politics/ Anti Smoking League, charity/ Anti Smoking League, questions). These I uploaded onto youtube along with "Anti Smoking League, economy" and was surprised to discover people actually liked them. And so at last I had something I could do to help the fight, and HairyChestnuts was born.
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Vote of no confidence The parasites that infest our parliament have feasted off the carcase of this dying country long enough. It's time to kick the bastards out and restore this once proud nation.