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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?)”

There’s nothing I like better than to see people the world tell us to hate do well. We have to hate Djoko because we’re told we have to. We have to hate Kyrgios because we’re told we have to….. Well, I like both of them! (for their tennis. period). Amazing sportsmen Watch these folk forContinue reading “Well done Novak Djokovic and well done Nick Kyrgios”

I mean, it isn’t rocket science. Yes, the west must do better. Developed countries must do better to address biased laws and application if biased laws, BUT, when someone flee a war, gets taken in and then starts moaning about stuff he/she never had access to, grates with their host (naturally).. The skin bleaching industryContinue reading “To assume bias is just what some say it is, is a fallacy…”

You don’t. How do you end racism and bias by constantly moaning? You don’t  People just need a pinch of reality.  Take the law (and enforcement of the law) out and you will see that we are all barbarians! We are all worse than animals. No other species is as selfish and self-centred as humans.Continue reading “How do you end a war with a tea party?”

A senior female member of parliament in the UK (Angela Rayner) was horribly accused of “crossing and uncrossing her legs on the parliamentary benches to distract Boris Johnson” in what has been widely and rightly rubbished as pure misogyny and in addition, her working-class background was flung at her but bizarrely, if you read someContinue reading “It is quite frankly, impossible to understand people…”

War historians gush about tactics and manoeuvres etc., and we all read about it and some enjoy watching war films, but is there anything fanciful about war? As Russia pummel Ukraine and the west send in weapons to help Ukraine defend itself, the minute this conflict turns to Ukraine launching attacks on targets in RussiaContinue reading “There is nothing fanciful about war.”

Is anyone out there honestly trying to achieve EQUALITY? where do you begin? As Confucius said: ”five fingers are not created equal”. To achieve equality, it will mean bringing some down, while helping some up. I see no willingness from anyone to do that. I won’t bother going into the fact that we remain comfortableContinue reading “Equal Opportunity is likely achievable (some decades from now), but Equality? What the heck does that actually mean?”

Given that it is presently not possible to make the world an equal society, such that people can travel abroad if they wish to, and not out of desperation, I see no reason in taking any side. Those with intolerant anti-migration views are where they are, due to misinformation and manipulation by those who wantContinue reading “UK government decision to send illegal migrants to Rwanda is not without logic. Just tragic that it is deemed an effective deterrent….”

What an awful, pointless waste of lives!!! Russia invading Ukraine is inexcusable. Invasion should never, ever have been an option. But why on earth Zelensky didn’t offer this neutrality thing BEFORE the invasion, to preempt it and avoid this needless war, is baffling. Russia say they do not want their antagonists (NATO) camped next toContinue reading “Ukraine now willing to consider neutrality?”

I’ve never watched the Oscar and probably never will. But I read this morning that the host, Chris Rock, cracked a mean joke about Will Smith’s wife’s hair and Will got up, walked up to Chris and slapped him on live TV. Seriously??!!! How dumb can Will get? These folks go around complaining about beingContinue reading “Don’t want to be stereotyped? well, don’t act the stereotype! Will Smith!!?”

In the messed up world we are in today, it is just simply amazing to have someone like Ash Barty, World Number 1 female tennis player, come out today at just the age of 25! to say she’s had enough, she’s spent and that’s it. Bye bye tennis! Yes, her coaches, trainers, sponsors and allContinue reading “Ashley Barty! Hats and everthing else off for an outstanding individual!”

During the quarter final of the Indian Wells Masters in California, Kyrgios asked a vocal spectator in the crowd “Are you playing?” as he got ready to serve. The Australian player, 26, added: “Are you good at tennis?” In video footage of the encounter, a faint “no” can be heard from the stands. Kyrgios responds:Continue reading “Naomi (Osaka), learn from Nick Kyrgios please!”

At the Indian Wells tennis event earlier in the week, a female spectator yelled out ”Naomi you suck”! Osaka went on to lose 6-0, 6-4 and was in tears, saying this brought back memories of the year the Williams sisters and their dad received racial abuse at the same venue. Ok Naomi! Had the spectatorContinue reading “Naomi Osaka got this one TOTALLY wrong!!!”

It is depressing but not at all surprising that women still need to hold events such as the International Women’s Day this week, to try to continue the push for equality etc. The same group of men who were eagerly doing the crossed arms ’X’ or W symbol all week, are the same who needContinue reading “Ongoing plight of women in the workplace – International Women’s Day”

Nothing demonstrates just how pathetic human beings are.. This was on BBC’s Question Time programme. Much as Nadhim Zahawi may have misspoken, WHO REALLY BLOODY CARES who is ’leading’ or not??? people are dying, a meaningless war is ongoing! The focus should be SOLELY about getting this situation back to the negotiation table, ceasefire andContinue reading “Former Danish Prime Minister, Helle Thorning-Schmidt mocks Nadhim Zahawi (UK MP) for claiming the UK is leading efforts against Russia..”

First piece of common sense I have read in weeks! As reported on Sky News this morning… All the bravado crap is just costing innocent lives! The minute the war kicked-off, the only objective should have been every effort to de-escalate. There are no winners, no heroes in war! So many children have died –Continue reading “UK will not escalate Ukraine war ’in a way that would be unacceptable’ to the word, Minister Grant Shapps says..”

As people fleeing Ukraine and their relatives who are already based in the Uk demand charity, demand entry into the UK, I recall a football match a few months ago, where really vile abuse was being uttered by you know whom… In time of need, the UK will always stand up to be counted. ButContinue reading “Imperfect as it is, imperfect as we are, we must never take what we have here in the UK for granted…”

Social media has been buzzing this week trying to paint the picture of a hero (Zelensky) and a villain (Putin), setting aside the most important and most expedient matter: getting the incursion to end! Humans lack the capacity to learn. Let’s send weapons to Ukraine now, and 10 years later, it will be Ukraine attackingContinue reading “Two children in a playground: ”he started it!”, No! ”she started it!” ….. at this juncture, is it not all about just ending it?”

If you look at the likes of Saddam Hussien and Gaddafi who ended up hiding away in a culvert and met a very undignified death, when it was amply clear that such an ending was very predictable and in Gaddafi’s case, he already had a very recent example. And there are so many of thoseContinue reading “It would be dangerously naive to think the world won’t always have to address trigger-happy leaders…. but we need a better approach..”

World leaders should focus on de-escalation. It won’t be seen as appeasement, if handled properly. They can help Putin pull back and out of Ukraine without losing face. The war in Iraq (desert storm) to topple Saddam Hussein came after he was accused of bullying his neighbour (Kuwait) and hiding huge weapons of mass destruction,Continue reading “Putin should reconsider. He has made his point, no shame in pulling back now. Comparing Iraq/Saddam to Ukraine/Zelensky…”