Democracy
Keeping It in The Families
Your humble author and Imelda Marcos have been in the same place at the same time only once. Thirty years ago the trade winds had tempted a much younger me to a dusty road beside [more…]
Democracy
Arts
Blair’s Reset Britain Coup d’État
A Suburban Street in South London Guess which will be the most well-financed political party in Britain in 2022? You’re wrong. Read on. While researching rubber-faced horror movie butler Rory Stewart for the weekly hour [more…]
America
Run Donald Run?
Is it ever winter on the Florida Keys? The first week of December saw a relaxed Nigel Farage facing the GB News outside broadcast cameras framed by sun-soaked palm trees, bleached golden sands and the [more…]
19th Century
Not Just a Walk in the Park
It has been a challenging couple of years for us all, and I suspect that our trials and tribulations are a long way from over. Thus, as the autumn temperatures drop away to winter’s chills, [more…]
Authoritarianism
Dear Julie…
A Common Purpose to rinse Council reserves and strip the wealth of the UK taxpayer is ongoing. It’s sad to report that the Government is your enemy. Since being elected in 2019 to the Holme [more…]
Authoritarianism
Extinction Rebellion Writing UK Local Government Policy
Whilst the public are affixed to the distractions of COVID politics, climate politics, Alec Baldwin, the ‘Far Right’ and structural racism, Extremist Rebellion cling like ivy to their focus – implementing public policy in the [more…]
America
You want positive? Try this!
Time is what we want most, but what we use worst. William Penn You know America, it is so easy to be depressed, angry, sad, frustrated, sick to your stomachs and just plain aggravated when [more…]
America
Europeans obviously value freedom more than us!
‘There is no greatness where there is not simplicity, goodness, and truth.’ ~ Leo Tolstoy ~ Once again Europeans in many major cities came out in the tens of thousands this past weekend, as also [more…]
Authoritarianism
Politicians – the People’s Enemy for Centuries
Most problems that blight the lives of ordinary folk are caused by politicians. In a democracy one might suggest this is counter intuitive, but democracy has mutated since its Athenian concept so drastically it has [more…]