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Gen Z, Riggy G, and the Kenyan Pornocracy

2nd January 2025 Always Worth Saying 2911 Comments

Gen Z, Riggy G, and the Kenyan Pornocracy In a political landscape defined by opportunism, spectacle, and betrayal, Kenya’s youth-led protests offered a fleeting glimpse of change – only to be ensnared by the same [more…]

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Tulip Siddiq

29th December 2024 well_chuffed 2419 Comments

Tulip Siddiq is the UK’s Economic Secretary to the Treasury and a cabinet member. Her current role includes responsibility for tackling corruption in UK financial markets. Her aunt is Sheikh Hasina, Prime Minister of Bangladesh [more…]

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Another View From (The Shed By) The Greenhouse……How Corrupted?

12th November 2024 Colin Cross 1916 Comments

It goes without saying (but I’m going to repeat it anyway, for those tin-eared few at the back) that Labour won the election simply because the Tories had managed to make themselves un-electable and Reform, [more…]

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Harambee! Harambee Tena!

17th October 2024 Going Postal 2593 Comments

The first ever fundraiser in Kenya took place in December 1928. It has been 96 years but we still say, Harambee!!! October 1, 2024 The year is 1926. Kenya is under colonial rule. Natives in [more…]

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A View From The Greenhouse, Edizione Apulia; Seconda Parte (All In It Together)

1st October 2024 Colin Cross 2631 Comments

The hotel outside Matera is new and consequently very modern, the food in the restaurant was pretty good, but the waiting staff knew we were a tour party and treated us accordingly. Not rude, as [more…]

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Debt and the Gen Z protests

18th September 2024 Going Postal 2461 Comments

31 August, 2024 A generation after the 1980s debt crisis triggered the rebirth of democracy on the continent, will Kenya’s youthful idealists spark a pan-African revolt?   The protests in Kenya mark a turning point [more…]

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A View From The Greenhouse; Edizeone Apulia (Prima Parte)

17th September 2024 Colin Cross 1978 Comments

And so to Italy, but not before making sure the Buildings and Maintenance team had been fully drilled in the routines required to ensure I didn’t return to any kind of disaster. I needn’t have [more…]

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Local Gummint

9th September 2024 well_chuffed 3914 Comments

Local government in England is a mess. I have recollections of films from the 1940s where there was an insignificant looking little man called the Town Clerk who used to run the show. These days [more…]

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Ruto the Flying Mantis Has Been Grounded

4th September 2024 Going Postal 2379 Comments

Ruto’s wings have been clipped and we are watching over him carefully, monitoring all his movements. Until he surrenders. August, 2024   When we were children, my friends and I loved hanging out every evening [more…]

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