“What did you do in the war daddy?” For people of my generation that was a question many of us (in particular the boys) asked of our fathers when we were little. My dad’s answerContinue reading
Category: Politics
Solidarity Among Sisters
But obviously they only get really solid solidarity if their political perspective happens to coincide with the journalist’s. In yesterday’s Guardian Gabby Hinsliff spoke out in support of fellow fervent anti-Corbynite Laura Kuenssberg. She condemned the “small, self-righteous and aggressively entitledContinue reading
London’s Burning
This morning, a day after the appalling tragedy in Grenfell Towers, I read a comment on FB written by my friend Chris, a recently retired firefighter who I have know since he was a lad of 17.Continue reading
Do You Believe In Fairy Tales?
The mere fact that Jeremy Corbyn could be within less than 24 hours of becoming Prime Minister of this country is so incredibly unlikely that it would be dismissed as ridiculous were this a work of fictionContinue reading
Who do you trust with your future?
This morning the poor privatised Royal Mail postman struggled through pouring rain to push a single slightly soggy letter through my letter box. It was addressed to me personally so I opened it immediately. It was from Rt.Continue reading
…But I’ll never forgive him for Brexit
I started arguing with Bob a couple of years before New Labour’s first term began in 1997; back when Tony Blair was still a cherubic ex public schoolboy who was yet to prove that I’dContinue reading
Not what Corbyn might have chosen but…
It’s the last day of my ten year old’s Easter holidays and we cycled a mile or so down the road to collect his friend for a play day. Riding back along a relatively quiet side street IContinue reading
What point are you trying to make?
It’s said that a picture can paint a thousand words; they certainly provide a simple straightforward means of setting an agenda. Consequently since the death of Fidel Castro last Friday, the MSM, the Internet and everyone’s FB and TwitterContinue reading
I, Daniel Blake
Let’s be clear, I really like the Olympic Studios; sitting at the very front in one of their comfortable reclining seats with my feet up on a big square pouffe is as close as I’veContinue reading
Selling off the NHS
SHARES = AWARENESS LIKES = EVEN MORE FRIENDS GET THE MESSAGE COMMENTS = HERE TO FIGHT FOR WHAT I BELIEVE IN! NB: This post refers to the “business model” for healthcare. It is notContinue reading