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Protocols, Oakeshott, Hancock, Yesterday’s Man, Sue Gray and Ken Bruce!
To be an up to date political journalist in the UK must be an absolute nightmare. No sooner than sitting down with the laptop to pen a piece on the NI protocol, Isabel Oakeshott stitches up Matt Hancock. Move onto that story, then Boris Johnson pipes up with a keynote waffling and bumbling session. Quickly on to that, then Keir Starmer employs a woman who, in the ...
Simone Segouin – An Inspiration
I saw a Twitter post last night, saying, 'Rest in Peace Simone Segouin'. My brain logged in to its memory bank. My grey matter remembered it had heard the name somewhere in the past but couldn't think when? I kind of knew it was something to do with Nazis, so I read into her story a further. It is a remarkable tale of courage, ingenuity and resourcefulness. Who ...
Populism – What is It?
Before Brexit, I didn't know much about populism. I had heard of it emerging in some South American or Eastern European countries but didn't think it would rear its head in the UK again. I thought we got over all that shit when Moseley was interned by Churchill back in 1940. So what is populism? Well, it's not as it sounds. A popular leader is not a populist. ...
The Good Drinker – Winning the Week
Since the end of ‘dry January I have been working on a process I learnt from the book, The Good Drinker, by Adrian Chiles. In my opinion, there is little point in dry January, unless I am going to learn from it and reduce my booze intake. Educating yourself on alcohol is more interesting than it sounds. Reducing Intake In Chiles’s book, there are examples ...
Sending Jets to Ukraine – Not as Easy Boris Johnson Says
I don’t know much about typhoon jets, so I am not going to pretend I do. What I do know is that they are highly advanced multi-purpose jets and pretty awesome to look at. Here’s what the RAF say about them. I have copied and pasted this from their website as I assume the RAF know a thing or two about jets. Bellicose Bluster So, when I heard one ...