Johnson Fought the Law and the Law Won!
Let us face facts here, we really don't know where this chaos is going next. However, anyone with a sane mind will be relieved by today's findings. Boris Johnson, fanned by people like Dominic Cummings, the Barclay brothers, The Rothermere empire and Rupert Murdoch (all tax avoiders) misled the Queen and forced the shutting of parliament to stop debate. All 11 members of the Supreme Court ruled that government must not be able to shut down ...
The Rise of the Nazis – BBC 2
There has been a three part documentary on BBC Two recently about how the Nazis came to power in 1930's Germany. Whatever your political persuasion, it is worth watching as it shows just how quickly Germany changed from a liberal democracy to full on fascist. Now, I know much has changed since then and a fascist movement, you would think, would struggle to gain enough traction for power in the modern world. However, there are striking ...
Deregulation – It’s all the Rage Down at the Pub
I don’t know if anyone watched the BBC news at 10:00 PM last night? It had an interesting piece on it about Colorado in America and the battle between fracking companies and environmentalists. I have never been to Colorado, but it looks stunning. Deserts, plains, snow capped mountains, canyons, rivers and gigantic lakes, make it a diverse and stunning place. It also has shale gas and lots of it. Shale Gas & Deregulation I don’t ...
Time to Let The Sun Go Down for Good?
It was interesting listening and learning from a phone in show on Radio 5 Live this morning. It featured Gareth Thomas in an emotional live phone call where he revealed that a reporter had door stepped his parents to tell them he (Thomas) was HIV Positive. It also centred around England cricket hero, Ben Stokes, and The Sun newspaper deeming that the murder of his half sister and brother 30 years ago, was somehow in the public interest. The ...
How Brexit Took Me Back to 2001!
When I was watching the news last night, there were pictures of a Brexit rally that took me right back to Britain, the 2001 version. It was September, and I had taken my two kids down to a static caravan park in Swanage, Dorset. They would have been 3 and 5. When we parked up next to our luxury holiday home, the chap in the caravan next to us, introduced himself. He was an odd chap, about 60 years old with a heavily stained Southampton ...