Learning the History of the Middle East Descending into Hell
To understand the series of conflicts in the Middle East over the last 100 years takes a lot of effort. If you are not a Middle Eastern expert who has studied and worked in this area, you would have to give up years of your time to fully understand it all. There are lots of good websites though and I have been reading a fair bit, checking sources as I do so. 1917 - A Big Date To even begin to understand the conflict in Middle East, you ...
To Cyprus and Back
I am not sure if I am alone in this but as the years pass, I find the aggro of going on holiday increases. I have to remind myself that once I arrive, it’s nearly always worth it. However, I hate Gatwick Airport so much, I have in recent years demanded that I will only travel via smaller airports. This year we went from Bristol airport which, don’t get me wrong, is no utopian paradise. However, it is at least more tolerable than than the ...
Liz Truss – Barking Mad!
If anyone could be arsed to listen to Liz Truss speaking yesterday, they would have witnessed something world beating. World beating narcissism, world beating denialism and of course a world beating example of the Dunning-Kruger effect. She is a living, walking nightmare for anyone in the Tory Party who is trying to not get laughed out of the room. Why Bother? It is difficult to know why Truss even bothered. Maybe she is thinking of ...
Are England the Real Deal?
Some time ago, probably around 2010, I gave up watching England playing football. It was like watching Groundhog Day. Same old shit about passion, desire, love of the badge and so on. It never worked and nearly always ended in bitter tears, sending off’s and a gammon onslaught about not caring enough. White Noise and Caring Too Much! Much of England’s problems always appeared to revolve around caring too much. Wound up by tabloid ...
Do We Need to Worry or Rejoice in the September Heat?
By the time this weekend is over, many places in the UK will have seen six successive days where it has passed 30 centigrade. That will be double what has ever happened before in the UK during the month of September. For those who don’t like the heat, they should be grateful it is September. Had the current weather pattern emerged in July or early August, the temperature would have soared into the late 30s. 40 centigrade may have happened ...