I tell you what has intrigued me this week. The Tory Party
extending its lead over Labour in the opinion polls. Why is that?
Some say that it is down to the vaccine roll out that has
been a success. Others say that it is because the government are doing well in
the circumstances and that Boris is doing his best. My son made me laugh the
other day when he said that it won’t be long before Johnson gets a little
trophy for being ‘Most ...
If you want to know how you came to having your political
opinion (whatever your preference) and how it has evolved, can I suggest something?
Watch the new documentary series by Adam Curtis, called ‘Can’t get You Out of
My head’.
It is a fascinating tale of geopolitical shifts that have
allowed us to become the confused and some might say broken society, we are
today. A series of geopolitical misjudgements, coincidence, and bad luck ...
I don’t know if it is me who is losing the plot or others,
but what is so confusing about booking holidays? Anyone who follows the news must
know by now this government hasn’t got a clue what it is doing, so why look to
them to see if there is any chance of having a holiday this year?
I would like a holiday this year, but I don’t know if I can
have one or not, so I am not going to get all flustered about it. However, if I
were in a ...
When I am working, I have had to get myself into the habit of dealing with boring matters as they come into my email box before they become an escalating problem. I have this terrible habit of ignoring the uninteresting, yet vital things, until it is almost too late. I’m a bit like the kid at the breakfast table frantically doing his homework on its due date a full three weeks after it has been set.
Proactive Satisfaction
The funny ...
Ever since I became an amateur epidemiologist last March, I
have been following the Coronavirus epidemic with morbid fascination. The
amount I have learnt is negligible, but I can say with confidence, I know more than
I did a year ago, when I didn’t even know what a virus was.
If, like me, you have (*rapidly taps wooden desk*) avoided
these things over the years, it is understandable not to know anything about
them. The reason I took an ...
