I worked last Thursday at the biggest station on my patch. A flagship station. It was a normal shift. I served a few customers, checked my phone. Repeat. At about eleven, I popped over to Asda to get lunch for me and a colleague. I served a few more customers and checked my phone. I … Continue reading Then The Queen Died
I’m neither a Monarchist nor a Republican. I’m a Status Quoist. I can admire the Queen as a person, and appreciate her service. I can enjoy the pomp, circumstance and grandeur. and respect the solemnity and gravity of the occasion. Mrs P and I have both enjoyed Royal events, be they jubilees, weddings or horse … Continue reading The Queen, RIP
High Value TargetsThis, the media keeps repeating, is a war. It’s a real war, against a real enemy. It just so happens the enemy is invisible to the naked eye. If the Coronavirus were sentient beings, I suspect they’d be passing around a pack of playing cards with names and faces of high value targets. So … Continue reading
I’m a reader of the Guardian newspaper. I’m a big believer in equality of opportunity. I’m not a fan of a class based society. I should be very much entrenched in the republican camp, dreaming of the day the monarchy is abolished. Plotting, perhaps, to bring about its downfall. But I don’t identify as a republican. … Continue reading The Closet Royalist
The Mexile 