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I listened to parts of PMQ today and even though I don’t like politics, it is clear to see that Starmer means well. Has he been effective? perhaps not so far. Has he made mistakes? well, who doesn’t. Can he change tack and be the change to drive the UK forward? his opponents say No.Continue reading “I hope Kier Starmer survives. He means well and hopefully he can turn things around by listening to everyone in the country (including those who didn’t vote for labour)”

beleaguered!!! I just don’t get it! To see improvements in any police force, you need them to attract the best, decent people. Now, how can you achieve that, when we pelt them with bricks and throw chairs at them, because we say we are protesting???!! We are lucky to have the privilege to protest. BUTContinue reading “Heavens help our police force in the UK! They just can’t catch a break at the moment! Damed if they do, damned if they don’t!!!!”

How very accurate.. There is never anything wrong with difference of opinion. People should be able to choose to be conservative or to the right or to the left, or whatever else have you. But to keep winding up the population with harsh and intolerant rhetoric is what’s terrible about the world we are inContinue reading “BBC article today, titled: ‘It’s not a nice world to bring children into’: Births fall to the lowest level in 50 years”

This isn’t about good or bad. There are no constant villains. It is not Christianity versus Islam nor black versus white nor left versus right or anything else people would like to label it as. There is never an acceptable excuse for what we are seeing today and making excuses for We should all beContinue reading “Every heinous act in human history occurred because some people made excuses for it, justified it and so, it happened. And it is happening again…”

Andy Burnham a labour MP who was in government year ago, but lost his seat and later became mayor of Greater Manchester. He looks and sounds very reasonable, and he may well have some good ideas. BUT, how many mistakes will he be allowed to make?Much as I believe it is better to let PMsContinue reading “Here we go……. enter Andy Burnham again?”

Can you have an army of all Generals and no foot soldiers??? We vote labour in. A year later, the Prime Minister hasn’t committed any disqualifying crime, but his ministers want his job, and it appears they intend to have it! There needs to be some new rules that could put such madness to anContinue reading “Good gracious me!! They all want to be Prime Minister!!!”

The Health Minister should focus on fixing the NHS and improving our health infrastructure. The PM should focus on getting the country back on track. All other ministers should get on with trying to improve situations across the board! How is a Prime Minister going to surround himself with the best talents, if every timeContinue reading “Put the country first please!!!! Changing a Prime Minister after just a year is not sensible!!”

“The truth has no defense against a fool, determined to believe a lie.” – Mark Twain

I have a huge, massive sympathy for anyone in that job, and I feel for Kier Starmer. Yes, he has made many mistakes, beginning with his response to the matter of accepting freebies; all he had to do was come out and say that he got it wrong and much as it may have seemedContinue reading “Huge sympathy for Kier Starmer or anyone else in the Prime Minister’s job…”

Yes, there never a perfect place to be, and I am sure some will cite some of the aftermath of riots etc. But when you look at the Camden music scene, the gig across London and how people just lived and let others live, and just got on, it was absolutely brilliant!I am not sayingContinue reading “London between 1995 and 2004 was the greatest city on earth! It was fun, tolerant and awesome!”

…. Trent Alexander-Arnold cannot be left out of the England squad for the World Cup! That is pragmatism for you! If Tuchel’s German, he will know that he must take Trent, even if he is to start on the bench!In a difficult game when you need a player to lob ball after ball into theContinue reading “I thought Thomas Tuchel’s German…..? Where is the famed German pragmatism then? Be pragmatic Tuchel!!”

Some will say it is due to the higher literacy level of LinkedIn users. But it is most likely as a result of the likely consequences. So we do know how to end online abuse then? Very much so. Just get everyone using any social media, to register their name, employer’s information (which must beContinue reading “Next to no hateful or abusive language on LinkedIn; why is that?”

I regularly read the ‘comments’ section of various articles online. Today was an article by maths genius, Carol Voderman. And as usual, the comments ranged from; “what an idiot”, to “nothing she says makes sense”. Those comments are posted by individuals who left school at 16 years old with no qualifications. They have taken overContinue reading “It seems in the UK today, we are saying every smart, educated genius is a fool and that the barely educated are the geniuses! Very strange….”

What perhaps started as ‘live and let live’, ‘let everyone have a say’, give everybody an opportunity to be what they want to be, quickly descended into the farce that it is today! And I am not talking about EDI and its various forms. I cannot comment on any of those, as I don’t knowContinue reading “Diversity. Diversity of opinion etc. Very curious indeed….”

When you see a barely educated, blue collar family in the UK say they are lucky to be better off than a poverty-stricken blue collar family, it is confusing, right? When you see the supposed elite of African, Asian or Middle Eastern countries flock to the US or the UK, that is also a tadContinue reading “Perhaps life is just a matter of CONTENTMENT?”

It is very difficult to understand how someone granted asylum or given refuge and allowed to stay in the UK after stating they are fleeing persecution, would then turn to crime or violence over here! It is just so bizarre! The UK let you in, let you stay, SHOW SOME GRATITUDE for goodness sake! StayContinue reading “The concept of GRATITUDE is totally dead!!”

It is so, so sad, to read in the newspapers that some countries execute their citizens for taking part in protests against their rulers. How can anyone comprehend that???A government is supposed to oversee a country and the rulers are supposedly individuals who are themselves just citizens right? To sentence someone to death and carryContinue reading “It is IMPOSSIBLE to comprehend some of the actions human beings take!”

BBC headline this morning. And he (Sir John) is very correct indeed…. Changing the PM changes very little these days. So, what’s the point? Let each get through the term they were appointed to run..

It is 2026 and we are still experiencing the impact of World War II bombs! That war ended in 1945! Is this not enough to deter us from war?!!! Sadly, and to the utter shame of humankind, we are still fighting each other today! And not just wars, but hate, intolerance, online malice etc. IContinue reading “Plymouth, UK today: WW2 bomb to be blown up as 1,200 homes evacuated”

Do I have the answer? No. There must be tech gadgets that can be developed to solve the current issues and help our governments get to grips with it…

I take no sides. This has become a total and complete mess! If humanity was a thing and we all acted like humans and not like animals, there will be no borders or passports or visas etc. People will be able to travel wherever they want, if they choose to do so. BUT that isContinue reading “We have allowed IMMIGRATION to become a colossal excuse! Everyone’s using it for anything!”

Day 1 of the Masters 2026, Rory was ok. Day 2 he went 6 strokes clear of the field! Day 3 he lost his gargantuan 6 strokes lead (ALL OF IT), he was back level at 11 under with two other players. Everyone said that was it! The mental impact of losing such a leadContinue reading “Mikel Arteta, learn from Rory McIlroy for heavens’ sake!!!!!”

This has become a rare occurrence. Well done Hungary..

A short guy with short arms showing everyone that golf is not about pumped-up muscles, but a mix of natural skill, brain power, practice, control of your nerves and execution on the day! Hang in there Rory! Back to back Masters win!

There’s been a number of these stories in the press this month. Read one this afternoon, a lady; Natasha Cochrane De La Rosa, a dual British-Spanish national, was denied boarding on her return flight from Amsterdam after a new policy mandating specific documentation for dual citizens came into effect. Despite presenting her British birth certificate,Continue reading “People say they love the UK, but exploit our rules and take the mickey!”

Yes, those in the public eye are expected to be role models (not entirely sure why..), but when you look at recent divisive issues such as Brexit, ICE in the US, etc. it seems we then expect these celebrities to either be neutral, have no opinion or support both sides of a divisive matter? IContinue reading “Is Tiger Woods’ legacy tarnished? Only a non-golfer would ask that question!”

If someone does something that’s disagreeable, disagree with them! If they do something that’s agreeable, agree with them! That’s the way it should be. The whole “good” and “evil” thing, is what’s killing us all! Where people are expected to just follow and follow. It’s the same in most workplaces. The employer assumes they haveContinue reading “The world will most likely be a better place if none of us take immovable sides!”

”tax dollars”. Why do North Americans say that??? would it be “tax yen”? of course your tax would be in dollars! that’s your currency right? So, just saying “tax” suffices!!! For example: what is the government spending my tax on? Instead, they say: what is the government spending my tax dollars on?Quite irritating! ”math”. IsContinue reading “Canadians moaning about their liberal government already?? madness!!”

…. that pretty much sums up human history too.. Humans of course hope that putting on clothes, reading books and making aeroplanes makes us different from animals… but….. It could be 50 years from now or 100, or a thousand years…, but at some point, society will accept, that human beings will never get toContinue reading “We can learn a great deal from nature! One minute a mother lion (lioness) is protecting her cub, the next minute she is ripping a baby deer (someone else’s baby?) to shreds….”

Correct! They are being criticised by absolute morons, for not playing beautiful football! The critics being managers of clubs that lost to Arsenal, and sportswriters looking to stoke controversy in order to get clicks! After years of Cesc Fabregas, Jack Wilshere and others, with the most entertaining football seen in England, and with no trophies.Continue reading “Arsenal played tiki-taka football for the last 20 years and won virtually nothing and were criticised. Now they mix it up a but to win and …..”

Recognition – at any cost – is what appears to drive most of us. If you get a 5 year old child to cut out a piece of cardboard and sew buttons onto it, and call it ‘parent of the street’ medal/award, and hand it out to a parent on his street each year, butContinue reading “Have humans ever been humane?”

I believe we can all agree, that a baby doesn’t select where it’s born. It pops out and finds he/she is in the US or UK or Jamaica….. correct? So, when people say: “I feel safer in Dubai than in London”…. and now, they are all lining up to hop on planes to flee Dubai…Continue reading “Should we not just all make the most of wherever we find ourselves???”

Surely, someone can design a better version of ankle bracelets and the laws can be drafted to make it acceptable, for undocumented migrants to wear those trackers, so that the ones that commit crimes can then get apprehended and deported. Instead of turning streets into war zones with people in tactical gear marching around inContinue reading “We have to turn to technology! It is imminent…”

They get rich, then they want power. They get powerful, then they want recognition. They achieve recognition then….. But death doesn’t recognise riches, power, or anything else. It comes, and it comes to all of us at some point. Nobody has at yet, worked out how to take their riches, power or recognition with them…..Continue reading “Endless human thirst for…..”

Where we are today, globally, is where historians and others repeatedly warned we must never get to! We’ve crossed the line and have found out – just as the historians warned – it isn’t looking possible, to go back. Years back, when a politician is caught making an inappropriate statement, they apologise and sometimes resign.Continue reading “The system is broken beyond any possibility of repair!”

It is baffling why people allow utterance of a word or words to be so powerful that those who utter those words do so, with the assumption or knowledge that uttering such words will achieve maximum hurt! You don’t defeat a bully by rolling over and crying! Yes, it is understandable that Delroy Lindo andContinue reading “UK BAFTA furore! ‘N-word’…”

Quite simply: because human beings are self-centred! Nothing has changed. Until we all see life as a temporary phase, where we each live to roughly 100 years max and depart, nothing will change Some part of the world believe only they deserve a good life and that the others are not worthy of the same.Continue reading “Why is the world still in such a mess??”

After over 20 years! Hard to imagine that after we went the entire season without losing a single match, we will have to wait so long?!! There will be more twists and turns, but I expect Man City to drop points at Leeds and a few others. Come on you gooners!!

….. not possible though.. We need a completely new set of rules: None of the above will ever happen though! Human beings prefer strife!

“You will be criticised for what you are, for what you are not, and for what you are believed to be. You will be judged for what you do, what you don’t do, and for what you leave unfinished. You will be talked about for what you say and what you keep quiet. You willContinue reading “Harrison Ford said….”

While the Americans may well have credible reasons to wish to continue to observe black history month, in the UK, it is very strange to see people spending time observing it, with the stories seeming to rotate around Martin Luther King jr, Rosa Parks etc. It seems people in the UK think black history startedContinue reading “Black history month in the UK; can somebody PLEASE rethink this urgently ???!”

This one is a head scratcher! It is exactly why the world is in such a mess! I wanted to actually watch this show, by a singer called Bad Bunny, to try to understand exactly what the furore’s about??! Yes, there appear to be many folk today, who want society in the west, to returnContinue reading “Super Bowl 2026 halftime show supposed controversy…”

Everyone’s piling on Kier Starmer. But do we have a guaranteed improvement to replace him with? I believe any government require at least 2 terms in office, to really get anything done. But the public want instant result! I am not saying I stand in support of Starmer, but for goodness sake! Give the manContinue reading “UK, why not work with what you got?? …. before it’s too late…”

Time to get Thierry and a few others to spend time with the squad, advise them on how to close this out!!!!

Andy Burnham, the Mayor of Greater Manchester ran for his second term as mayor and won in 2024. To allow him in early 2026 to ditch that role to run for Parliament, meaning there will have to be yet another by-election (to replace him as mayor), while depriving someone else the chance to be selectedContinue reading “Like it or loathe it, Labour Party decision to block Andy Burnham from running at the upcoming by-election is the correct decision”

Republicans, Democrats, non-votes, any American can now see that perhaps some wrong assumptions have been made? When you have to start going to places of work and schools to pick up people to deport, you know the rhetoric about hundreds of thousands of criminal undocumented immigrants who are a burden to the economy, is clearlyContinue reading “It appears Americans have found out they do not have thousands of criminal undocumented immigrants?”

Well, is it not time to change how the tests are set up then? The world stagnates! We have migrants rowing across the English Channel on rubber boats, should we not have technology in place to address it? How can rounding them up and ticking them in hotels etc. work? It won’t and it ain’tContinue reading “One of the main headlines today: Driving test cheating soars as candidates turn to Bluetooth headsets and impersonators”

To everyone complaining about ICE in America right now and all the scenes we are seeing play out in the media. Well, perhaps it the Biden administration had listened a bit and done a few things about the influx of undocumented folk? We are heading in that same direction in the UK right now. ItContinue reading “Sir Kier & the Labour Party; please do more, now!, to help disenfranchised UK folk who feel left behind. The alternative will be awful..”

“There are clubs you just cannot turn down. I hope the Strasbourg fans can see that and be proud of that.” And ENGLISH is his first language? If you say it is a job you just cannot turn down, it means you would take the job regardless. He was a good young chap in hisContinue reading “Strasbourg boss Liam Rosenior: “I would not have accepted the Chelsea job if I was not ready….”

Someone just emailed me a link to Mark Carney’s roundup of 2025. Perhaps we need more leaders that aren’t career politicians? or perhaps Carney is just an extraordinary guy. Bottom line is: he has done very well for Canada in his few months as their Prime Minister. A great example for other leaders to lookContinue reading “Canada’s PM has been excellent so far…”