Neither far nor fast enough The news that Sir Kier Starmer has realised that getting closer to the EU is the only sensible thing to do, in light of the complete mess that Trump’s America is making of the world we thought we knew...

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Last but not least, there are no regular tickets - each passenger will wear a label showing their name and telephone number, and this will allow them to board, with non compliance resulting in a call to the security police.

Honestly SNCF, are you really trying to make rail travel THIS grim? 🤬

📣 BREAKING NEWS: The next general election will be held under Proportional Representation.

A government spokesperson said: “we’ve listened to the voices of countless campaigners, experts and MPs who have long been telling us that FPTP doesn't serve modern Britain."

What's in a name? Florida has decided to name Miami International Airport, Donald Trump Airport, Trump having already copyrighted the name and several others, so he will get paid for the honour.

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Testing times I see the anti vaxxers have moved on.

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Where did it all go wrong? Yesterday there was a programme on TV called something like “Starmer: Where did it all go wrong?”

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We have nothing to fear but fear itself As I have said before I blame a lot of the current state of the world at the feet of Newt Gingrich, the Republican House speaker who came up with the idea of never admitting defeat, never voting for a...

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Too little, too late The news that expats from the UK will only be able to donate £100,000 a year to any political party is good news, as far as it goes.

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Can we have out plane back, please Mister I can’t say I know much about corruption personally speaking.

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Hiding in plain sight There was $580 million of highly suspicious betting on a lower oil price just 15 minutes before Trump announced “talks” with Iran.

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A shortage of trash Robert Mueller was by all accounts a patriotic, brave and decent man.

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Silver linings Every cloud has a silver lining, or so they say.

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Silver linings Every cloud has a silver lining, or so they say.

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The White House and Fawlty Towers For those of my readers who have never seen the brilliant and seminal BBC TV comedy Fawlty Towers, I can only recommend that you check the “Don’t mention the war” scene on You Tube.

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Trump needs an escape route It must tell us something that my recent blogs on the dangers of global nuclear conflict did not receive anything like the same feedback as yesterday’s one on the price of postage stamps in the UK.

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Post, post After a couple of recent blogs on nuclear war and Brexit now onto the real big issue of the our time.

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What ifs? I am always rather sceptical about the “What if?” genre of history, purely on the grounds that it didn’t happen so what is the point of wondering about it.

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We have to assume that, yes he could Away from the purely battlefield analysis of the war with Iran, which the US is winning but not enough to stop Iran running a long term, extremely damaging and costly campaign, what do recent events t...

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An apology I must start today’s blog with an apology.

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Bribing journalists Yesterday I watched some of PMQs (Prime Minister’s Questions), a weekly opportunity to grill the PM in parliament.

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The price of populism While many parties are jumping on the band wagon, Reform is calling for a cut in fuel duty to be paid for by ending all green subsidies and commitments to net zero.

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Rough translation: the Befe Side.

Seen today in a local butcher’s: “Coté de Beouf”.
Something doesn’t look quite right!

The wise men Yesterday I finished a brilliant, informative and monumental book written in1986, it is called “The Wise Men, Six friends and the world they made” by Walter Isaacson and Evan Thomas.

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Made in Europe There is no knowing how it will end but this is an ominous week for the UK car industry.

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Laugh or cry? It takes a nano second or even shorter to Google “Telegraph, Blair, Iraq, lies” to find endless articles from that tower of truth and journalism about how Tony Blair lied to the world in order to take...

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Churchillian, moi? It always used to make we laugh the way that Margaret Thatcher used to refer to Sir Winston Churchill as “Winnie”.

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Once more into the breach... The right wing press is, as should be expected, furious that the UK is not invading Iran, or rescuing tax dodgers from the Gulf or sending in the gunboats or some such.

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📜 The House of Commons just debated the Representation of the People Bill

💥 Great to see more Labour MPs joining the call for a National Commission on Electoral Reform

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🌹 #Labour4PR

Rouge male Rogue Male is an excellent British thriller about a posh English gent who tries to assassinate Hitler.

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