Politics
Blackfriars
As some of you will know but for those who don’t, Blackfriar is Cockney rhyming slag for liar. There is often an element of truth in such slang, maybe the order of Blackfriars (aka the [more…]
Boris Johnson
Biography
Book Review, ‘Unleashed’ by Boris Johnson
The second-ever greatest Johnson of words, Samuel, the 18th-century lexicographer, informs us, “When a man is tired of London he is tired of life”. Three centuries later, no matter what we think of life we’re [more…]
Animals
Larry’s Diary, Week Two Hundred And Ten
Monday Good morning cat lovers, and welcome to another week of reports from Downing Street. I see we had another big pro-Palestinian march in London where the marchers were shouting about jihad and waving Palestinian [more…]
Economics
The British people are politically homeless – Part II
Claudio Grass (CG): With everything that’s been going on, it could be argued that very few of Liz Truss’s predecessors had worse luck in their first month in office. The Queen’s death dominated international mainstream [more…]
Economics
The British people are politically homeless – Part I
A lot has been said and written about Britain’s political and economic woes since Brexit, and even more so over the last two years. Overwhelmingly, mainstream media coverage has been negative and many of the [more…]
Economics
The many perils of “Stockholm syndrome” politics
It’s been a tumultuous couple of months in UK politics. After a troubled time in office, plagued by scandal, internal party frictions and much public embarrassment, Boris Johnson exited the stage leaving behind a big [more…]
Animals
Larry’s Diary, Week One Hundred and Fifty-Four
Monday Good morning folks, another week in Westminster for me to report on. Bozzie was very late for breakfast this morning and he wanted black coffee instead of his usual strong tea. I suspect he [more…]
Animals
Larry’s Diary, Week One Hundred and Fifty-One
Monday Good morning folks, I’m back! WG is back from his cruise and seems to have done little other than eat and laze around in the sun. Lots of things have occurred in No.10 while [more…]
America