politics

Image thanks to inkl.com You can never tell what is true on social media. Staged events can look real and deep fakes can be impossible to differentiate from reality. I take what I see with a pinch of salt therefore, though when I see various reports from different sources and articles that are repeated on … Continue reading A blank piece of paper

Dear Ms Truss, congratulations on your new role as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. I wish you every success. I imagine you have a lot on your plate but I thought it would be useful to give you a few pointers.  Firstly as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, you have a responsibility to … Continue reading Dear Ms Truss

Image thanks to Portland Communications I’ve been digging out a pampas grass from our front garden. No smutty comments thank you.  It had been there for thirty odd years and did absolutely nothing for the rest of the garden other than invading every bit of spare ground possible. It had to go and in the … Continue reading What politicians say

I’ve just finished a little pamphlet by HG Wells on the Rights of Man, written back in 1941 at the height of the Second World War. I borrowed it from the Lit and Phil and hadn’t realised how prolific a writer he was. Among his more famous novels he wrote a lot of political works. … Continue reading Rights of Man (1941)

Image thanks to Today It’s astounding Time is fleeting Madness takes its toll But listen closely (Not for very much longer) I’ve got to keep control So starts the song ‘Let’s do the timewarp again’ from the Rocky Horror Show. Over the last weeks we have been living our own horror show with the over-hyped … Continue reading A lurch to the right

Image thanks to Morning Star It seems that Truss has the wind in her sails. It looks more and more likely that her next stop will be number 10 Downing Street. How and why are questions for another time. Last week, during one of the hustings she made a speech in which she said ‘If … Continue reading On your side

Image thanks to VoxPoliticalOnline I hear it said so many times that we live in a two party system. This is clearly not so as there are nearly a dozen parties represented in parliament. It is the case however, for many of us our choice of politicians is very limited. For large swathes of the … Continue reading How many political parties?

There is something disheartening about the current process to replace the Prime Minister. It goes without saying that I am delighted to see the back of Johnson. His policies aside, if he had any, his lying, cronyism and corruption should have seen him move from No. 10 to court. Do not pass go. Having watched … Continue reading The next Prime Minister

No matter what I was going to write about this week there is now only one story that dominates politics, the final Caesar like demise of Johnson as Prime Minister. Even now he is still hanging on waiting for the Conservative Party to select a new leader and once again the country will end up … Continue reading What a time in politics