As a young boy, I lived in the colonies. Peaceful if not idyllic to start with, things began to run out of control. The flames were fanned by ancient tribal hostilities and anti-British sentiment. The [more…]
‘Harry’ Lee Kuan Yew was born in 1923 into a comfortably off Straits family, resident in the Reservoir Road area of Singapore. His father was a Shell Oil company executive, his mother the author or [more…]
Question Time 5th November 2020 Panel: Oliver Dowden (Conservative) David Davis (Conservative) Lia Nandy (Labour) Rose McGowan (Cultural Resetter) Hanna Fry (Mathematician and TV Presenter) Simon Wolfson (Businessman) Jan (No idea) Venue: Lewisham At the [more…]
The High Commissioner’s Private Office. Upstairs. The British High Commissioner’s Residence. Eden Hall. Nassim Road. Singapore. I have let myself into the High Commissioner’s office and sat myself in the naughty corner. There are footsteps [more…]
Question Time 29th October 2020 Panel: Chris Philp (Conservative) Nick Thomas-Symonds (Labour) Marie van der Zyl (Board of Deputies of British Jews) Anthony Scaramucci (Former Trump Advisor) Bonnie Greer OBE (Writer) Venue: Lincoln This week, [more…]
Presidential Debate 22nd October 2020 Contestants: President Donald J Trump (Republican) Former Vice President Jo Biden (Democrat) Venue: Nashville, Tennessee Tennessee sits in ‘rattle through’ as well as ‘fly over’ America. Your humble author has [more…]
The first rule of diplomacy is to be nice to everybody all of the time, especially at Singapore’s social event of the season, the British High Commissioner’s annual bash. Even when cornered by North Korea’s [more…]
Question Time 22th October 2020 Panel: Nicky Morgan (Conservative) Bridget Phillipson (Labour) Anne Longfield (Children’s Commissioner) Stephen Fitzpatrick (Businessman) Joseph Stiglitz (Ecconomist) Venue: Sedgefield Question Time continues to struggle to find its bearings in black [more…]
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