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Clinging on to Ancient Glories!
A friend of mine was telling me the other day that when he was a kid, he asked his father why Italy and Rome had become so insignificant. This was the reply he got from his father, who was an ex RAF sergeant. “A nation that dwells on past glories, goes into a decline it can’t free itself from!” It appears that he is right. We are still trapped in World ...
What Have We Learned Through Lockdown?
As we reached the end of April, I tried to reflect on what we have learnt over the last six weeks of being in lockdown. Things have moved on quickly. There are daily developments that swing from feeling hopeful to downright depressing. Where is the way out of this and can we avoid being the world leaders on death rates? When the lockdown came, the consensus was ...
Priti Innocent
It is great to hear the news Priti ‘Vacant’ Patel is going to be cleared of systematic bullying of staff. Fortunately, an independent internal inquiry set up by Boris Johnson and chaired by cabinet ministers, has ensured government transparency. It will be a relief to the general public that investigations under the Ministerial Code require that details of ...
The Government that Can’t be Questioned!
One of the things I find most alarming about the coronavirus, is not so much how the government are dealing with it now. It is more of a case that ordinary people, Joe Public, the man on the street, or whatever you want to call them, think the government should not be questioned. The last time I checked, the common consensus in a democracy is that you need a ...
Starmer’s Impossible Challenge
I was on Facebook earlier when a post from a chap I worked with in the early 90’s came up. He was basically saying that the government should beyond criticism and that Kier Starmer needs to shut it, as he once defended Jimmy Savile. I scrolled through the replies and there was loads of aggression and hatred, with the obligatory venom aimed at Jeremey Corbyn and ...