Authoritarianism
The Great Road Safety Con
Fifteen years ago I wrote an aide memoire on speed cameras & their futility on road safety, I co-authored it with an old fashioned traffic cop when I was in office. Subsequently I was asked [more…]
Politics
Conservatives
Growing In A Pandemic; Highs & Lows, Reflections
It’s getting to the time of year in the greenhouse where the majority of the grunt work is done, a time when I can sit back, enjoy the fruits of my haphazard “rough” labour and [more…]
Conservatives
“Conservative” government?……if only!
The Conservative government has strayed so far from the principles on which it was elected that it is scarcely recognisable as the party most people voted for. Its colour on the political spectrum has undergone [more…]
Arts
Glesga Gang Goings-on Bloodbath
Having put Apsana Begum MP’s Bengali Benefits bother to bed, GP’s Bloodbath investigative team retired to the couch, hoping never again to be involved in the likes of Tower Hamlets and its South Asian political, [more…]
Conservatives
Growing In A Pandemic; Blackbirdgate; Show edition; Cult Of Boris
It’s easy to get carried along on a tide of populism, although it’s often dependent on what your view or definition of populism is. The dictionary defines it broadly as “a political approach that strives [more…]
Authoritarianism
We have all been had
The scam continues. I have posted this graph in the comments but seeing as no c— reads them I thought I might do an article but no c— reads them either. The graph shows the [more…]
Arts
Postcard from Romania – Part Five
Part Four of this Postcard from Romania revealed the joys of First-Class train travel through the ever-changing landscapes of this beautiful country, and a taste of Ursus, Romania’s most popular brew. We’d arrived at our [more…]
Elections
Apsana Begum Bengali Benefits Bloodbath
After the trauma of Nike BLM England’s penalty misses and the despair at Orpington grammar school girl and women’s 100m semi-final looser Geraldina Asher-Smith not being able to take an Olympic podium knee, the GP [more…]
Authoritarianism
The great infantilisation
It has puzzled me for considerable time now some of the truly childish “Warnings” that one finds on the side of food packets and generally throughout society these days. Nuts with the statement “Contains nuts”. [more…]