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It really is puzzling that this particular senate race went to a runoff before it could be decided For those who call themselves conservatives and christians – and you see many of the with eyes closed and arms stretched out in prayers at the Herschel Walker gatherings – and even the loser himself, Herschel Walker,Continue reading “Unique opportunity for Raphael Warnock to work hard for all Georgians?”

I read a BBC article on Haiti this morning and it paints a vivid picture of what lawlessness looks like! When people complain about law enforcement measures such as ‘stop & search’, yes, it is unfortunate if it is wrongly used or perceived to target some groups. But given the current spate of stabbings andContinue reading “Haiti – a human catastrophe!”

Richarlison (Brazil) scores an awesome individual goal at the World Cup yesterday (Nov 24) and the BBC commentator says: “what a wonderful goal…”. He could have stopped there but later continued: …”what this Brazilian shirt does! he isn’t scoring many for Spurs (his UK employer) but can’t stop scoring for Brazil”… That, in a nutshellContinue reading “To understand Brits…; it’s the way we are…”

It is a real shame that the people most detrimentally impacted by Brexit are the same ones erroneously supporting it for the very wrong reasons! And the people least impacted by immigration are the ones whipped into a frenzy and made to believe it is the source of every evil! A right shame indeed! AfterContinue reading “Isn’t it time for someone in our politics to honestly – and without bias – explain the situation with Brexit and illegal migration? (to end the needless animosity & bickering)”

Yes, many of our Members of Parliament these days lack credibility and are just in it for themselves, BUT, the abuse they receive via Twitter and the rest of social media is absolutely reprehensible! It is a job and nobody should have to put up with this sort of abuse at any job! The BBCContinue reading “Abuse of MPs must be stopped forcefully and decisively!”

Personally, I couldn’t care less whether or not people wish to use colour to differentiate one human being from another. afterall, we use the same logic for cars, bags etc. However, why not get it right? How is you-know-whom white? (perhaps orange?) How is Megan Markle black? (perhaps pasty-cream?) It can’t be that difficult toContinue reading “Here’s an idea: if we’re going to carry on using colour to describe people, why don’t we get it right?”

Homes and parents are frequently blamed, but when you look at the volume of time children spend at school and when you look at recent WhatsApp exposés of heinous messages many teachers were caught exchanging, it is clear that what kids are taught and how they are treated in our schools is a contributing factorContinue reading “Sadly, teachers & our schools have a lot to answer for… (the world is presently entirely consumed by hate!)”

I do not have all the answers, but some of these issues have clearly not been treated to any basic reasoning: Rwanda – how can it ever work? Surely, for it to be an effectively deterrent, then it will need to fail and Rwanda will need to be an absolute hell-hole of a destination right?Continue reading “Some very basic, common-sense about the illegal migration crisis facing the UK”

……those Jews ……those blacks ……those gypsies the minute we generalise in this manner, we begin to display our bias. if you are angered by a Jewish person or a black person (that is why the recent story relating to actor, Liam Neeson faced some backlash but could have been a lot more, had he notContinue reading ““….isms” begin with generalisation”

Every time I log on my computer, there is a story of a machete attack in London or elsewhere in the UK! Unfortunately, this coincides with public trust in the police being at an all time low, for a number of incidents involving social media posts by serving police officers etc. Our police must urgentlyContinue reading “Law & Order must be restored or the cost to society will become immeasurable!”

Today everyone’s setting on the new Prime Minister! Yes, some of his appointments to cabinet are perhaps questionable, BUT for goodness sake! What would people have him do??? If he doesn’t appoint some of the people he has, they will have an issue with him and the in-fighting will continue He isn’t going to callContinue reading “We are fast becoming ungovernable in the UK!”

…. well, now we know who’s in control! what’s the use of a general election, when market factors can depose a Prime Minister….

What the feck does that mean???? The press eagerly use “white”, “black (even for individuals such as Barack Obama and Megan Markle)”, is “brown” a taboo then? What the heck is “non-white”? does red, green, indigo etc all count as “non-white”? We might as well just use “white” and “non-white” then? why bother with namingContinue reading “Apparently Britain has a first ‘non-white’ Prime Minister…”

… Not about loyalty to an individual Unfortunately, we are in troubling times, which tests democracy to its core was Rishi Sunak disloyal to Boris Johnson? Simple answer is YES. was Sunak’s disloyalty to Johnson due to Sunak’s decision to be loyal to the country instead? Only Sunak can answer that question In my humbleContinue reading “Leadership in politics should always be about the individual’s convictions and a will to serve the country”

Most will perceive it as bullying and it often is or turns into exactly that. But we tend not to take each other too seriously in the UK and you throw as much as you catch. But the present generation, perhaps with social media, which can amplify and intensify banter to a point where itContinue reading “Being horrible to each other (with carefully chosen words) is a British pastime… just banter or not”

After Conservative party MPs (duly elected by their constituents to represent them) voted overwhelmingly for Rishi Sunak in September only to have that decision overruled by some 200,000 or so registered members of the party, who are largely, ill-informed semi-illiterates who only wish to hear terms such as ‘Brexit’, regardless of the impact, the ConservativeContinue reading “Underestimate British elite at your peril!”

Everyone saw Boris Johnson as a buffoon for years, before he became Mayor of London. He was never a buffoon; he was simply a text-book wheeler-dealer who seeks to relive what he sees as classic English politics, but unfortunately, he finds himself in a wrong era. We are no longer in the 50s… If BorisContinue reading “Lord Frost, Raab, surprisingly the voices of reason….”

….. some plotting ludicrous returns…??jeez!!!!!

….now, that’s more accurate! her mini-budget…

If his decision not to run (again) for PM, then, bravo to him! Correct decision. And not because he probably won’t succeed yet again, but because he said earlier in the week that he wouldn’t. Refreshing that someone finally say something and stand by it… Well done

Dumbest reporting ever! Trouble didn’t begin when her Chancellor…. Her Chancellor only implemented what she had spent weeks saying she would do – and for which she got elected by her party to be Prime Minister! Now, everyone will place all the blame squarely at her doorstep. Our politics and democracy is broken! If someoneContinue reading “Liz Truss (who?) resigns. Apparently, “Trouble began when her first Chancellor, Kwasi Kwarteng, spooked the financial markets with his mini-budget on 23 September.”?”

We appear to be in a vicious cycle of individuals vowing to address illegal migration, economic crisis etc., only to get sacked or quit a few weeks later! It begs the question: whose policies are presently being implemented by the civil service??? Any Prime Minister not elected via a general election should be called “interimContinue reading “Perhaps it’s time to introduce a 6-month probationary period for Prime Ministers and cabinet ministers?”

You can only choose from what’s before you For a number of reasons, many individuals with the honesty, decency and capability choose not to put themselves forward – hard to blame them as today’s public service is largely a thankless and often dangerous job as we have seen with the recent mindless killing of aContinue reading “It’s not the politicians, it’s not the electorate, it’s the menu!”

It really is unbelievable that a Prime Minister who spent weeks campaigning with a set of policies, then implements those policies and within a matter of days, has now done two major u-turns! Why did she not ensure wide and open support for those policies? And how did she secure selection as PM? It wouldContinue reading “What has just happened in UK politics beggars belief!”

….and this is exactly why we continue to have wars! When leaders should see the bigger picture and get us to a NO WAR (any kind of war, for whatever reason) scenario. Instead, they bicker! they attempt daft oneupmanship! Does Macron now think he’s the voice of reason? Just look at the absolutely pathetic wasteContinue reading “Emmanuel Macron rebukes Joe Biden for ‘nuclear Armageddon’ warning”

As the UK public continue to vilify Meghan Markle for goodness knows what reason – as I have stated in the past, she can be a liar, a gold-digger or whatever it is people accuse her of, at the end of the day, nobody is perfect and Harry chose her, so let them sort allContinue reading “What really is the use of a family such as the ‘Markles’?”

Elon Musk made some suggestions on twitter this week, which has been roundly derided. But in truth, what will Ukraine see as victory? How do you exert authority over people who do not feel part of a country? It is a very difficult conundrum Take Scotland for example. We are led to believe Scotland wantContinue reading “What exactly is the VICTORY that Ukraine is looking for?”

Nobody forced us into Brexit, we walked in eyes wide shut (but people were simply fed up with EU dictates) and nobody planned in advance for Covid and its aftermath; it came as a shock to the entire world. So, much as I do not like these passing of the baton i.e. having a PrimeContinue reading “The rush to criticise the UK’s mini-budget is PATHETIC!”

Stevie Wonder was his turning point; to allow the sampling of his track, Stevie mandated removal of foul language from Coolio’s hit and that got it mainstream and became an eye opener to rappers that rap can become mainstream with a few sensitivities. Rest is history. Shame Coolio died today at just 59. Incidentally, theContinue reading “RIP Coolio”

I am not one to outrightly condemn how some nations choose to rule their people. It should always be up to those people to decide whether that is how they wish to be ruled. But by the same token, I am very grateful to have been born in the UK (we don’t choose where weContinue reading “Sadly, this is the only way the world can be protected: POSTURING!”

Yes, the tax cuts are drastic and the sort of solution tried without success in Latin American countries. BUT, this rush to condemn the measures as foolhardy is hugely premature….

… a man was asked to keep an eye on a neighbour’s property as they went on holiday and he went by to water their flowers, he was busy watering away, hose in hand, when a neighbour apparently called the police and this being in the United States of America of course, the police showedContinue reading “MORONIC was perhaps the most charitable word I could find for this….”

I am not a royalist but that’s nothing to do with it: this is a lady who gave everything for her people. It really is that simple. RIP Elizabeth II Truly sad day…

What is there to chuckle about? Ok, Liz Truss has made it well past her wildest dreams to become Prime Minister, but is this time to be laughing out loud in parliament?? I have said this before and will say it again: which country out there is better than the UK? it doesn’t matter whatContinue reading “Politicians laughing & beaming in parliament in these dark times is akin to a doctor informing a patient he has terminal cancer while giggling at a passing joke at the same time..”

… we are too obsessed with who or what we think we are! if/when we ever get to the point where nobody give a hoot (that’s where I’m at presently) about who’s what colour or race or who’s history’s what.. (some people were… not some black people or white people…), that is when the currentContinue reading “Gender fluidity? How about race, colour fluidity?”

…everyone’s jumping in with an opinion… The opposing political parties criticising Sanna Marin are right to do so. That is their role. A few months ago she was caught out going clubbing after she was informed she may have contracted Covid. She apologised, as politicians do when they’re found out. Those saying it’s her privateContinue reading “…..the partying Prime Minister of Finland…”

How do you enforce the rule of law in an era where any move you make can be so easily distorted??? Firstly, you need good people. But there will always be some rotten apples in the mix… But surely, when you go into battle and those you are up against are using human shields (i.e.Continue reading “LAW ENFORCEMENT in a populist social media era: we keep getting it wrong, over and over again!!!”

If off-shore wind farms and solar panels were the solution, we would have seen that solution years back. We keep kidding ourselves! One look at fossil fuel consumption and it is clear to the dumbest person around that it ain’t something wind turbines can impact. I read an article this evening about some new ideaContinue reading “A lasting solution to the global energy crisis requires a frank admission!”

Just read about a nurse who works 13-hour shifts and gets circa £60,000 per annum salary. Saves lives all week long. Now relies on food banks to feed her children. But we have football players earning £500,000 a week. Free market right? madness!! Energy crisis: monthly household energy bill that was £100 is now £400Continue reading “When was the world ever sane?”

When an individual seeking the highest office in the land (Prime Minister) is willing to use words such as “lefty woke nonsense”, you know we are in a bad, bad place!Those are the choice of words one would expect to read in internet chat rooms where everyday idiots think they can just utter anything thatContinue reading “Our politics in the UK is in absolute peril! We are in such a bad, bad place right now!”

Who’s wrong? Who’s right? Does it matter, if the outcome is thousands losing their lives yet again!!??? Call me a naive pacifist, but seriously??? This madness needs sorting! Nobody has a divine right to any land on earth! We are all here temporarily! I personally do not care who’s right or wrong, can we notContinue reading “For Pete’s sake! We need an end to this madness!!! China-Taiwan-US next?”

Congratulations to the lionesses! Many detractors are saying it’s not the same and that the USA female national team lost 5 – 2 to a team of under-14 boys when they (the US national female team) were the number 1 ranked female team in the world. Ok. So, that being the case, then the variousContinue reading “Women’s football not football? well, they still had to beat other teams to win!”

I am sick to my teeth of reading about the recrimination! All our energy should have gone towards blocking David Cameron from initiating a pointless referendum, when it was so clear to any sane, educated human being, that Brexit in whatever form it took, would be horrendous to begin with, as the EU will makeContinue reading “We are such an innovative and resilient nation, if we can stop the bickering! Brexit is whatever we make it!”

Don’t laugh folks, these are all real catchphrases that we have had to endure over the past couple of weeks and will still have to endure till the new PM is announced on Sept 5 That is indeed the dire state of our politics right now. They are not even trying anymore. They have foundContinue reading ““Liz for Leader”, ”Ready for Rishi”, ”PM for PM”…”

…. then take a look a month after one of them is PM… it will be smugness and know-it-all-ness….

Looking at some of the pictures over the past couple of weeks since Boris’ ousting and it is quite clear why we always end up at the same juncture. You see the pictures of a group of MPs gathered around their chosen candidate to replace Boris and the pictures are all the same: not anContinue reading “UK politics: traditions are great, but we need a little bit of change….”

we are now seeing the legacy of covid… any challenge is now met with: ”stay at home folks”. only come out if absolutely necessary. heat wave expected next week in the UK and instead of coming up with ideas e.g. spray mist of cool water on trains and at stations, install fountains? anything… NO. thereContinue reading “The legacy of Covid…..”

Scenes of rioters storming and burning the Prime Minister’s residence in Colombo, the capital of the tiny island south of India (Sri Lanka) and later entering the Presidential mansion and splashing in the President’s swimming pool must have been chilling for American’s to watch as it unfolded last weekend. A poignant reminder of how debasingContinue reading “Sri Lanka… ok. but the United States of America?… shocking still?”

Many wrongly think arrogance is behind Boris Johnson’s repeated reluctance to sack his ministers or take action when his staffers were caught breaching the rules he set, his reluctance had very little to do with arrogance One of the biggest human flaw is our belief that what we just did to others cannot happen toContinue reading “Boris Johnson’s ousting has very little to do with arrogance….”

What is government? We know what it isn’t. Government is not just one man! So, when we try to pin all the blame on one man; bizarrely, the very same team he had working for and with him, who held key roles and headed departments in charge of some of the key issues leading upContinue reading “Democracy is broken beyond repair (but remains the only option out there I suppose?)”