Current Affairs
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. Don't snigger or sneer, that's genuinely what some people think it is. If you ...
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 journalist describe Boris Johnson talking of supplying 100 supplying jets to Ukraine as ...
Why Leaders are Supposed to Adhere to Rules
I was listening to a Radio phone-in on BBC 5 Live earlier. I only caught about 20 minutes of it but it revolved around Rishi Sunak not wearing a seatbelt whilst trying to look like a normal person (not easy). The impulsive conclusion to come to is, "who cares?" Then a copper came on the radio and went ahead with explaining, why, in his opinion, there is more to it than that. Now, I am not one who is particularly comfortable around coppers (I ...
Something You Hear Little of – The Dublin Agreement
One question a lot of people ask these days, is why people crossing the channel on dinghies has risen since Brexit? Surely the benefit of Brexit was to curtail such a thing? Increasing Crossings The figures don’t appear to back up any alleged Brexit benefit. In the year Boris Johnson’s Oven Ready Brexit was finalised, 8500 people crossed the channel. In 2021 it was 23,000 and in 2022, the figure rose again to 45,756. So, why is ...
2023, How Will it Be?
For several years now, it has felt like every new year becomes worse than the last. If we roll it right back, it all started with David Cameron. In 2015, he concluded that his only way to an election majority was to pacify the party wack jobs with a referendum. He gambled, thinking the public wouldn’t be as stupid as the swivel eyed lunatics on his back benches. Bad call. Eton Rivals What Cameron didn’t reckon on was his charismatic ...