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Bush Fires – A View From Australia
Part of me wanted to write something about the Australia fires this week. However, I realised I was not qualified to do such a thing. How can you possibly imagine how awful it is from thousands of miles away? However, my friend Trevor Hickman is there, in the middle of it. Here, Trevor reflects on his Christmas holiday trip that evolved into scenes from a disaster movie... Marlo is a small sleepy town in East Gippsland Victoria. It’s ...
New Decade, New Resolutions!
January, The month of New Year resolutions, kept and broken. Apparently one third of resolutions are kept, which is encouraging. That seems lot to me, but I guess it depends on what the resolution is? I suppose if it is to have 19 cigarettes a day rather than 20, it is registered as a success. Some resolutions are achievable, whilst others are ludicrously grandiose. My Resolutions My 2020 resolution is to once again join in the ...
2019 – A Brief Review
Well, another year passes and some how the planet still exists. Every year seems to get more ridiculous. Amongst all fake news and bullshit memes, it is like being in a parallel universe where we no longer know what is real. Politics It was another cracking year in politics, with Theresa May finally falling on her sword after a host of defeats for her broken government. I was delighted to see the back of the ‘dancing queen’, not ...
Rebranding Christmas
Driving through White Waltham (near Maidenhead) yesterday, I thought to myself, "Every time I drive through this village, it seems to be flooded". Then I realised that every time I do that drive, it is when I am dropping off a Christmas gift to a client of mine in Maidenhead. Every year feels the same, it is like Groundhog Day. Big puddles, flooded fields and swollen rivers. A New Tradition When I was out with the dog earlier, as I ...
Where do Labour Go From Here?
After a period of reflection, I thought I might be able to work out why Labour’s election defeat had been so catastrophic. I also thought that I might be able to understand how the party can re-emerge as a viable opposition. The fact is I can’t. I can see how Labour lost, but I can’t figure out how the north turned conservative in such high numbers. It’s not like Boris Johnson offered a masterplan to make the Conservatives the party ...