Image thanks to Casper - other duvets are available Feeling cold at night but get in a sweat when your duvet is too hot? Is your thermal insulance that bit too intensive? Do you suffer from furnace induced nightmares and wake up tog’d out in the morning? Your worries are over. Now you can enjoy … Continue reading My duvet is too hot
We can’t afford greed
Image thanks to Sevendeadlysins.com It is said that many a true word is spoken in jest and when it comes to the Prime Minister it is probably true. He lies so much of the time it is very hard to tell the wrong from right. Harry S Truman once said of Richard Nixon ‘He can … Continue reading We can’t afford greed
When things go wrong
Image thanks to gCaptain I get it, things go wrong. Mistakes happen. In this ever more complicated and interconnected world it is inevitable that the systems will break down from time to time. The problem is that we can’t afford for it to go wrong. We expect goods to be delivered, if not instantaneously, at … Continue reading When things go wrong
If you don’t like it
Image thanks to Grimsby Telegraph ‘Of course if people are not proud to be British, or of our flag or Queen, they don’t have to live in the U.K. Perhaps they should move to another country they prefer?’ So said Lia NIci, Conservative Member of Parliament for Grimsby and Councillor for Scartho Ward. It came … Continue reading If you don’t like it
Battles with Duolingo
I have a love hate relationship with Duolingo, the online language learning site. I have used it for many years now to toy with learning various languages. I have had most success so far with Dutch and have recently started, as you may well already know, to learn Welsh. It is great fun and easy … Continue reading Battles with Duolingo
Free to be poor
Image thanks to Vox.com Not everything is fine in the land of the free. The rampant free market has led to a huge distortion in the relative wealth of its citizens. It has long been known that the richest economy in the world has significant problems with poverty. Like the UK, the USA is a … Continue reading Free to be poor
Brexit’s binary choice
Image thanks to The Speaker I’m still smarting over the Brexit referendum. It will be a long time before I get over it, if indeed I ever will. It is not the result particularly that bothers me. I still think it is wrong that we have left the union, despite its many flaws and problems. … Continue reading Brexit’s binary choice
Why I hate the English
Image thanks to Martin's English I was born in England and that makes me English. I can’t help it, I had no choice. Somehow, this stroke of luck has left me imbued with the characteristics of an Englishman, you know, a sense of fair play, good at organising, stiff upper lip, a natural queuer. This … Continue reading Why I hate the English
The disappearing present
Image thanks to Glen Smyth - LinkedIn It's the birthday season in the Jackman household. March is an expensive month. Looking back, perhaps we should have planned things better but it’s a bit late now. When my children were younger, buying presents was much easier. Something big and plastic would usually do the trick and … Continue reading The disappearing present
What happened to the rule of law?
Image thanks to BBC I have avoided writing about Begum for obvious reasons but feel I can’t hold my tongue (or fingers) any longer. On the face of it her actions appear reprehensible yet I am in no position to make any judgement as all I have heard or read about her has been in … Continue reading What happened to the rule of law?
Thoughts from a Guerrilla Worker 