One look at the the list of candidates in the Tory leadership race is enough to send a shiver down the spine. It is so awful it makes you wonder how this will all play out.
Sunak and Truss
The fact that Rishi Sunak is the favourite tells you all that needs knowing. Sunak made a fortune out the 2008 banking crash and has overseen the haemorrhaging of cash during the pandemic that is incalculable. I just do not understand what attributes ...
I have needed to write this down as it is scarcely believable.
1/ Boris Johnson was warned about the predatory sexual
conduct of Chris Pincher.
2/ He went ahead and employed him anyway.
3/ Chris Pincher conducted himself in a way a sexual
predator would.
4/ Boris Johnson sent his MP’s out to say he knew nothing of
Chris Pinchers behaviour.
5/ It was proved in a letter from Simon McDonald, Johnson
did know about Pinchers ...
When going out for my morning dog walk, I have got into the
habit of picking out a route that suits my mood. If I have had a poor night of
sleep, I go off the beaten track in the hope of not seeing anyone. If it is a
fresh morning with blues sky, I say “good morning” to anyone within striking
distance.
However, I often struggle for anything further to say. One
of my favourites is, “turned out nice again”, when it is raining, with
the ...
The British government is looking at the possibility of removing the UK as a member of the ECHR so it can deport people to Rwanda.
The first thing people do not seem to understand is that the ECHR is nothing to do with the European Union. It was established after the atrocities of WWII by, amongst others, lawyers engaged by Winston Churchill. This was when the appalling human tragedy in Nazi Germany was still becoming fully understood.
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Whenever royal events come along (which seems like once a month) I always find they get my knickers in a twist. It’s not just because I am apathetic to the monarchy, it’s more the hypocrisy of it all.
Miller and the Mortgage
The first thing I saw this morning was that, Maria Miller MP, was to be made a Dame. Miller got caught red handed indulging in mortgage fraud about 15 years ago. She was let off with it by making an apology. ...
