I was watching something on the news last night that caught my attention. It was a piece about how the immigration system was failing everyone, including the asylum seekers. I must admit, my interest was apathetic until I saw a big sign at one of the centres with Serco written on it.
Serco are everywhere on government contracts and everywhere they seem to perform badly. You would think the government would find this unacceptable, but they ...
If Brexit were a slapstick 1970’s movie, it would be funny. ‘Carry
on Brexit’ would be a fitting title for this utter farce that is more ridiculous
than I ever imagined it could be. When we left the union, I thought someone
sensible might enter the room and fudge a deal that kept us in the EU in all
but name. However, in my gut, there was a feeling that it would be a populist
revolution to serve the few, not the many.
Who’d have ...
There is one question that Labour leader, Keir Starmer, must come up with an answer for. Jeremy Corbyn failed to answer that question and so did Ed Miliband. The question is this. How does Starmer marginalise and put a lid on the bullshitters led by Boris Johnson, the King of Bullshitters? Johnson has given these people a voice and legitimised bullshit. Liberated, they have come out in their droves spouting their nonsense at any poor sod who ...
I have been thinking a lot about racism and prejudice this
week. I still don’t know enough about it to be anywhere near an expert. Still,
I hope what I am about to write makes sense.
The problem as I see it, is there are a lot of people who
have convinced themselves they are not racists because they are fundamentally
decent. They wouldn’t scream racial obscenities like those morons in London
last week; so, in their mind, that means they ...
Old Boris Johnson seems to be making more U Turns than a
knackered SatNav right now. The latest, under pressure from a footballer, being
the extension into the summer that offers food vouchers for the poorest kids in
society.
Sport & Politics
Of course, the government should be happy that a professional
footballer is doing his bit for the Coronavirus. After all, it was footballers
who they told to do more at the beginning of the ...
