The UK general election is on July 4th. I will vote. For whom? Not for the Conservative party, although I did vote Tory in 1992 and 1997. They are not a serious political party. They don't deserve to be the opposition, let alone to form a government. In 2015, David Cameron promised a referendum to … Continue reading The Unspeakable Policy
The UK has an absolute stack of massive problems. Social, economic and political. Some of them are shared problems affecting most other countries. Some of them are unique to the UK. All of them are either due to or made worse by an event in June 2016. The UK Prime Minister back then, David Cameron, … Continue reading Defining Society
Brexit has happened. We are getting on for two years into the disaster. And it is a disaster. Sure, Covid and the Ukraine war have given the Brexiters somewhere to hide. But it’s very clear that there are no sunlit uplands. There are no real, tangible benefits. The sane Brexiters acknowledge that it hasn’t worked … Continue reading Brexit 2.0
I have a lot of left wing, Brexiter friends at work. I’ve often found it odd that a person would adopt both political postures. It some ways, it is odd. In others - particularly with regard the fairly overt xenophobia many of them display - it is far from odd. One of the reasons I … Continue reading Democracy, Good and Hard
I seem to have gained a few unwanted pounds around my middle. Indeed, whilst I’ve had ‘a bit of a belly’ before, I’ve not had one that is quite so pronounced as my current belly. When I squat down, I can feel it squish up. And because I’m otherwise so lean, I now have a … Continue reading The Brexit Diet
We’re used to having life our own way. We stay for one more drink. Have one more biscuit from the tin. Watch five minutes more television before bed. Turn one more page of the book we’re reading. The great promise of life is that there is always time for one more. Death allows no such … Continue reading The Fresh Sea Breeze
Two topics have entirely dominated the Anglo-spheric political scene for the last five years. One has come to an end. The other is ending. Need I name these topics? I think that is probably unnecessary. But I will anyway. Brexit and Trump. The title of the post suggests there’s another topic to add. The third … Continue reading Political Trinity
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