Politics

Polling predictions

12th February 2024 well_chuffed 0

I noticed a twitter user called UK Polling Report and saw that it has predictions for many constituencies so having taken a look it only remained to document their predictions. I haven’t checked out how [more…]

The World’s Coolest Dictator

10th February 2024 Always Worth Saying 0

Puffins arriving at San Salvador’s Saint Oscar Arnulfo Romero International Airport crouching down to avoid the gunfire and running through the terminal building with their case over their head to deflect shattering glass may be [more…]

I want my free stuff

8th February 2024 Rookwood 0

Everywhere you go, regardless of media platform, you hear this sad and deluded refrain – “To compete, xxx must be sustainable”. This political sound-bite, which is in effect a dog-whistle for “Make the listener feel [more…]

Looking Back at the SAPs Processes of the Early 1990s

7th February 2024 Going Postal 0

The Structural Adjustment Programmes of the early 1990s left ordinary Kenyans reeling under extreme economic hardship. Three decades later, SAPs are back, the Bretton Woods methods of inflicting economic pain on Kenyans unchanged. 18 January, [more…]

A View From (Just By) The Greenhouse; Borders, Who Needs Em’?

6th February 2024 Colin Cross 0

The weather’s taken something of a turn for the better, Daves’ hand is healing up nicely, if you ignore the numb thumb and my back (sadly the saga continues) is just about capable of allowing [more…]

Europe’s Agrarian Uprisings: Brussels is reaping what it sowed

5th February 2024 Going Postal 0

Across the European landscape, a disquiet rumbles beneath the surface of rolling hills and fertile plains. It emanates from the very backbone of the continent – its farmers. From the tractor rallies of France and [more…]

Postcard From Keflavik

4th February 2024 Always Worth Saying 0

Art and the terminal Puffins who can see an enviably empty airport car park in the middle of nowhere with the skeleton of a nosedived B-52 embedded in the tarmac embarrassingly far from any runway, [more…]

Sugar subsector reforms a Herculean task for Ruto

31st January 2024 Going Postal 0

It is commendable that the Ruto regime is taking steps to revive the sugar sector but President Ruto will require strong goodwill to succeed where his predecessors have failed. January 11, 2024 In recent years, [more…]