Always Worth Saying – Page 77

The Swaling, Part Twenty Six

24th October 2020 Always Worth Saying 0

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…]

Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review

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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…]

Filth!

19th October 2020 Always Worth Saying 0

Nothing spoils a joke more than having to explain it. There are six rules of humour. No there aren’t, there are eleven types of comedy. That’s not true, there are nine ways to make people [more…]

The Swaling, Part Twenty Five

17th October 2020 Always Worth Saying 0

Ordinarily, the High Commissioner’s residence looks like a two-tiered colonial wedding cake, all Wedgwood coloured walls and white embellishments. Especially so when seen by moon and burning torch light during the British Mission’s much anticipated [more…]

Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review

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Question Time 15th October 2020 Panel: Douglas Ross (Conservative) Seema Malhotra (Labour) Kate Forbes (SNP) Miriam Brett (Economic Adviser) Ian wood (Businessman) Mark Walport (Scientist) Venue: Edinburgh Old friend of QT Review, Marcus Rashford, has [more…]

The Swaling, Part Twenty Four

10th October 2020 Always Worth Saying 0

Singapore being a Commonwealth country the British Embassy was really a High Commission and the Ambassador, a High Commissioner. Since both high commissioners and ambassadors are addressed as ‘Your Excellency’, myself, my wife Nicole and [more…]

Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review

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Question Time 8th October 2020 Panel: Gillian Keegan (Conservative) Andy Burnham (Labour) Donna Kinnair (Royal College of Nursing) Michael Portillo (Broadcaster) Yanis Varoufakis (Economist and Greek Politician) Venue: Coventry In Westminster politics, Coventry is a [more…]

The Swaling, Part Twenty Three

3rd October 2020 Always Worth Saying 0

Singapore. Forward Singapore! Everybody’s favourite piece of squashed diamond real estate, 31 miles by 17 miles, lies fashionably 200 miles south-east of Kuala Lumpur and 70 north of Sumatra. Here Malays, Chinese, South Asians, and [more…]

Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review

2nd October 2020 Always Worth Saying 0

Question Time 1st October 2020 Panel: Grant Shapps (Conservative) Alison McGovern (Labour) Helen Stokes-Lampard (GP) Stuart Rose (Businessman) David Linden (SNP) Venue: Carlisle Question Time began its celebration of black history month in the best [more…]