I wonder if you’ve heard of the Durand Line? This refers to the border that the British drew up between India (now Pakistan) and Afghanistan in 1895-6. There is a complex history around this border, which needs a volume of articles let alone a short paragraph, but note that when
The results of the recent local elections
It is ironic that the Tories’ policy of austerity that has cut public funding to the bone and ripped the heart out of so many towns does not appear to deter the voters, as the electorate seems to blame Labour, or perhaps it is that they blame the Labour councillors
Covid-19 Part 1 The UK vaccine roll-out. Is this a good news story?
Introduction This post is Part 1 of three on the Covid-19 pandemic. Part 1 is focused on the UK vaccination rollout and looks at whether it is a success, Part 2 will be on the catastrophic mistakes that the UK government made that has led this country to have the
Are we living in a kleptocracy – yes we are!
As I wrote this piece the toxic adviser of our great leader, plus his mate, was booted out of Number 10 in a cloud of acrimony and fisticuffs. But I am not going down that rabbit hole – yet. Because that actually is a side show. Yes, despite this news,
Brexit – the latest developments
What news now of the last few weeks of negotiation before the end of our transition period on 31 December 2020? Well, all I can say is that there’s a lot of, he said, she said, they said, going on with one side (the UK) saying on Friday (16th), that’s
Are we in a FUBAR situation?
Since my last post I’ve been saying to myself that I can’t possibly write a response to the government’s stance on Brexit or Covid as there are actions this government has taken that make most sane people do a double take, and in particular I note the corruption of this
The elephant in the room
I have two drafts for this blog, both begun weeks ago, waiting to be finished. They are structured and I have all the evidence and the ideas. On what, you might ask? On our hopeless government and its incompetence in dealing with the Covid pandemic, of course. With these, as
Black Lives Matter
Did you know that the 22nd June is Windrush Day? It is the anniversary of the day when the first large group of migrants from the West Indies arrived in Britain on the ship, Windrush and it is also a day to celebrate the contribution of migrants to our society.
What now?
That exit poll! What a shock! A big majority for Johnson and the Conservative party? No! Oh please, no! There was a view that I held, amongst many others, that at the very least we didn’t want to give Boris Johnson a mandate for Brexit or anything else for that
One week to go – some random thoughts
One week to go to a critically important election, which is not, for me anyway, about that excruciating divisive dilemma, the Brexit thing, but how our country will be run for the next five years. What do we want? Boris Johnson’s vision or Jeremy Corbyn’s? So here re: their visions,