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The Horrors of TTIP and Why Action is Needed!
A Facebook friend (Wendy Billingsley) sent me an article the other day which was, basically, a chilling insight to TTIP, an unelected trade body that makes George Orwell's '1984' look like the tale of a picnic by the trout stream on a warm summer meadow. TTIP stands for the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnerships which undertake, what are, in effect, ...
The Terrible State of English Cricket!
When my oldest son and all his peers started playing cricket in early 2006, it came exclusively off the back of the thrilling 2005 Ashes victory against Australia's invincibles that included the likes of Ponting, McGrath and Warne. It was an absolutely thrilling series, resembling a three month penalty shoot-out where our children witnessed their fathers, grown ...
East Dorset and Devon Coast Path
The Dorset and Devon coastline has long been a favourite travel destination of mine, so last weekend I took a trip down there to enjoy the Indian Summer while it lasts as it is bound to go out with a hefty bang sometime soon. The trip started by dropping off our bags at the Kingswood and Devoran Hotel on Sidmouth sea front before nipping off to see my old friends ...
Extremists and Mental Illness
I watched a documentary last night about how a middle class white boy had somehow got involved in Islamic terrorism via close contact with hate preacher Anjem Choudary. It was quite an eye opener, though many of you may have already seen it as it was apparently first broadcast 2 years ago. Essentially, it was investigating the reasons why people become extremists ...
Who Can Understand an Isis Crisis?
Trying to understand all these different conflicts in the Middle East is like getting a copy of the Guardian cryptic crossword, translating into Russian, and finishing it in five minutes. The first term I heard the term ISIS I thought it sounded like a bank or a pension plan, not the name of an organisation that was disavowed by Al Qaeda for being too extreme and ...