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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

9th October 2020 Always Worth Saying 0

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…]

The Swaling, Part Twenty Two

26th September 2020 Always Worth Saying 0

By the time I’d returned to my room, paddling up the dripping steps, Emile had curled up on her end of my bed and had fallen asleep. Wept herself to sleep even, after overhearing me [more…]

Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review

25th September 2020 Always Worth Saying 0

Question Time 24th September 2020 Panel: Alok Sharma (Conservative) Louise Haigh (Labour) Sir Edward Davy (Liberal Democrat) Peter Borg-Neal (Businessman) Devi Sridhar (Public Health Official) Shappi Khorsandi (Comedian) Venue: Chingford The present MP for Chingford [more…]

AWS, News at Ten, in Church

22nd September 2020 Always Worth Saying 0

Dong! Puffin reads in church. Dong! Puffin makes a mess of it. Dong! Puffin advised not to look at the comments. As the rules for such things changed yet again, and as such a thing [more…]

The Swaling, Part Twenty One

19th September 2020 Always Worth Saying 0

Our night of espionage, from my modest accommodations near to the notorious wall at Tangiers docks, had been cancelled. A much reduced number of comings and goings would pass unnoticed. The Gods of weather were [more…]

Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review

18th September 2020 Always Worth Saying 0

Question Time 17th September 2020 Panel: Nadhim Zahawi (Conservative) Jonathan Ashworth (Labour) Sunetra Gupta (Epidemiologist) John Caudwell (Businessman) Nicci Gerrard (Author) Venue: Oldham Fiona Bruce beamed excitedly as she introduced the first Question Time of [more…]