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You Refuse/Decline to Get Vaccinated…..

5th April 2021 Always Worth Saying 0

Let’s assume for a minute, that the vaccination campaign is led by people who genuinely want to end the current crisis and restore the country to “normal”. Let’s also assume, that they believe that mass [more…]

The Swaling, Part Forty Nine

3rd April 2021 Always Worth Saying 0

“Silly old fart.” Never slow to turn thoughts into words, Davies expressed that one from his side of our shared room, above a Sleescale corner shop, while sat in bed reading a three-day-old newspaper by [more…]

Always Worth Saying’s Scottish Leaders’ Debate Review

2nd April 2021 Always Worth Saying 0

Scottish Leaders’ Debate Review Panel: Douglas Ross (Conservative) Anas Sarwar (Labour) Nichola Sturgeon (SNP) Alex Rennie (LibDem) Lorna Slater (Greens) Venue: Scotland If British politics is a Westminster village then Scottish politics is the outside [more…]

The Swaling, Part Forty Eight

27th March 2021 Always Worth Saying 0

Having been indoctrinated into my new task by the Colonel, I wandered into the town centre with his money to suit and boot myself. Jeans, T-shirt, top and trainers made way for a Marks and [more…]

Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review

26th March 2021 Always Worth Saying 0

Question Time 25th March 2021 Panel: Andrew RT Davies (Conservative) Vaughan Gething (Labour) Adam Price (Plaid Cmyru) Nigel Owens (Rugby referee) Baroness Fox of Buckley (Former Brexit Party MEP) Venue: Wales Tonight, Question Time returns [more…]

The Swaling, Part Forty Seven

20th March 2021 Always Worth Saying 0

The Colonel toured Sleescale’s backstreet digs in his battered Transit van picking up our colleagues as if they were black economy workers to be delivered to building sites, cockle beeches or docks. Most of us [more…]

Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review

19th March 2021 Always Worth Saying 0

Question Time 18th March 2021 Panel: Victoria Atkins (Conservative) Jess Phillips (Labour) Kirsten Oswald (SNP) Mark Carney (Former Bank of England governor) Ian Hislop (Editor and broadcaster) Venue: London, East Renfrewshire and Ottowa The first [more…]

The Swaling, Part Forty Six

13th March 2021 Always Worth Saying 0

Davies brought me breakfast in bed. Was it genuine concern or his army humour? I was in a bit of a state. His cooking wasn’t great. The culinary school that he relied upon seemed to [more…]

Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review

12th March 2021 Always Worth Saying 0

Question Time 11th March 2021 Panel: Mims Davies (Conservative) Steve Reed (Labour) Victor Adebowale (NHS Confederation) Dan Hodges (Journalist) Bonnie Greer (Writer) Venue: London As every Puffin knows, this is the week of international women’s [more…]