Today is Election Day in the United States. We in the rest of the civilised world have been watching political events in the US over the last four and a bit years with a mixture of horror, befuddlement, sympathy and astonishment. One barely knows where to begin. Yet I, and every one else with an … Continue reading Election Day
It’s a view that I’ve shared on this blog before, taken from pretty much the same spot. But the view changes with the weather, with the tide, with the sunlight, with the people and - in this case - with the gulls. I like this particular view more than the previous ones. Needless to say, … Continue reading TDS
Mrs P and I are still going on our daily walks through the town and gardens and along the beach. The weather is nice. There is a chill in the air and a stiff breeze coming off the sea. It’s nothing that will keep us off the prom. Our jackets keep us warm. But it … Continue reading Walking Thoughts
One has watched the best bits of the presidential debate. Trump v Biden. Rancour v Reason. Despotism v Decency. Did a winner emerge? It was such a shoddy debate, I’m not sure that there was a winner, per se. But there was a clear loser. I say this on the assumption that you use the … Continue reading The Debate
Rise of ChinaOn Saturday, most of England largely reopens. Social distancing will effectively be abandoned. We step back into an unfamiliar, uncertain world. And we enter the moment of peak uncertainty. Most people don’t like uncertainty. There’s no such thing as a risk free world, so we must deal with uncertainty. But we don’t like … Continue reading
#ThrowbackthursdayLondon, July 2018. Once upon a time, you could attend a protest without worrying about social distancing. Two years later, not much has changed. But we are, one hopes, closer to the end of his presidency.
This is an awful man, waving a book he hasn’t read, in front of a church he doesn’t attend, invoking laws he doesn’t understand, against fellow Americans he sees as enemies, wielding a military he dodged serving, to protect power he gained via accepting foreign interference, exploiting fear and anger he loves to stoke, after failing … Continue reading
The Mexile 