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,
Finally, there’s an election, but who will win?
Well, there we are, yesterday Johnson saw the Queen, Parliament was dissolved, and the election campaign officially began, although unofficially the promises were emanating from both parties weeks ago. But oh, good grief. I am, as you probably have guessed, a politics geek and an enthusiastic watcher and reader of
The dark and the light – a week of contrasting styles and disciplines
Early last week we had a Supreme Court ruling, which was the epitome of the highest critical thinking you could find, written in beautiful lucid prose, and delivered calmly by a quiet yet authoritative voice, which now seems almost forgotten after the truly repellent response from our executive the following
What have we become?
I ask this question as we are living through extraordinary times and we need to be alert to the events that are happening right in front of our eyes. And then there’s the question as to how Boris de Pfiffle is doing as the leader of the United Kingdom? Not
It’s Boris
Was anyone surprised. No. Although when I watched the result there was Hunt with a smile on his face that looked quite genuine, and then there was Boris in an ill-fitting suit looking his usual scruffy and rumpled self, but slightly solemn. For a moment I thought…..! But no. I’ll come back