This and that whilst sipping a fine malt.
The busiest of summers has kept me from my blog duties and much has happened. We find ourselves facing another General Election since the clown that was appointed PM in the summer is failing to win anything vote-wise due to the fact that nobody trusts him. It didn’t take long for the lying to start.… Continue reading Missive from Albion
I count myself very lucky to have lived in a varied and open society for the last forty years. It was something I took for granted and honestly believed that this was the only way for the future. But there are talks of walls going up all over the place - real ones with bricks… Continue reading A Cabal of the Talentless
Deal or no deal, if the fanatical Leavers get their way, and it looks as though they will, the UK will exit the EU soon enough. The impact will be far reaching for a generation, not just in trade, the current favourite topic, but across our society, in actuality and perception. Consider - do you… Continue reading Helicopters on the roof.
I’ve recently been trying to maintain a habit of writing every day. Whether it be free writing, poetry, my journal (though I don’t keep that every day ) my travel book - yep, I’m working on one of those too, and less often at the moment, this blog. With the writing comes lots of reading… Continue reading Political with a small ‘p’
There seems to have been a polarising of labels in recent days. You are either in one camp or another and depending upon who is using the term its probably being used in a derogatory sense. This only goes to entrench the perspectives which will do nobody any good. Remoaners - Leavers: Alt-right -… Continue reading When two, or more, tribes go to war
Well, we’re nearly at the end of the snap election campaign that was never meant to be. Perhaps it is fitting that this week, meteorologically speaking, the UK is experiencing an unusually deep depression. The grey skies and incessant rain the perfect backdrop. Who knows what will happen? It has certainly been a rockier ride… Continue reading You’ll get a house one day…
As I rolled into bed the other night I grabbed my iPad to read my new book but couldn’t resist a scan of the headlines. “Greece warns recovery threatened if debt deal is blocked at next talks” screamed a headline. Well, okay, hardly screamed, whimpered from the corner of the Grauniad page. I read with… Continue reading Who took all the money?
David Cameron should buy lottery tickets. I cannot imagine the gobsmacked looks on the faces of the Conservative elite one balmy May evening last year when against all the odds they were returned to power with a majority. It must have been one helluva party. A lot has happened since then, and it goes on.… Continue reading …Just another brick in the wall….
Enough already, enough,I say. Now we have another Tory saying that we will be swamped by immigrants. Are we a short step from another "Rivers of Blood" speech? Let us stop this divisive language. It is destructive and only makes honest and fair minded UK citizens cringe. Isn't it funny how the loudest voices choose… Continue reading Oi, Tory Boy, Enough !!
I know it is the season to be jelly, and I will, but this has been bubbling inside me for a while now, and as said season approaches at speed it seems apropos, in a way, to talk about this now. There is little that I can forgive a wealthy western society such as ours… Continue reading The Season’s Disgrace (I’ll get jelly later…. )
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