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It isn’t that difficult to promise better! What I always find bizarre in a democracy, is that we elect people to represent us in government, they could tell us if their ideas are being ignored by the party leader (i.e. the Prime Minister) or they could endeavour to get the PM to listen to theirContinue reading “New UK government is now in office. Same number of taxpayers, same revenue stream (tax) as the last government. New ideas? Let’s wait and see…”

It is easy to have a free-flowing, ten goal game when nothing is at stake! If you win a third place match, you can say third is better than fourth (even though nobody can tell you who was third at Italia 90, but we all know who won the World Cup in 1966). And ifContinue reading “France – England, best game of the tournament so far? Don’t be obtuse!!!”

The Labour Party and current UK government do not wish to resort to gimmicks or empty rhetorics. They want to do something. They want to try to deal with the illegal crossing of the English Channel, they want to solve the problem. Unfortunately, they have not sat down to understand the simple fact that theContinue reading “In today’s world, truths & facts are useless. Gimmicks & rhetorics is king!!”

I honestly do not know why they pay the managers so much money??? Thomas Tuchel’s tactics were terrible. Awful. Dreadful!! Football is definitely not engineering or medicine or law! And it certainly ain’t rocket science either! When you manage to score a goal via the only real chance we had all game, what you do,Continue reading “Well done England, you did us proud even though fell short again, it’s ok.”

20 minutes in, it is the best England performance in a game of this magnitude I’ve seen in the last 30 years! Finally, we now have a few real world class players! I expect England to win this match!

Former Spanish PM is reported in the newspapers this morning to have said the French national football team is not playing French men. Ok. So, instead from jumping in and calling him a racist, why not dissect what he’s saying?What is the definition of a Frenchman? Who is a Frenchman? Presumably that is a maleContinue reading “Calling people ‘racist’ is starting to lose its meaning. Is it not more effective to just shed light on what’s dumb & illogical?”

A former Tory politician Ann Widdicombe was murdered last week and the police had to quickly state the colour of the suspect they arrested. If they didn’t, someone could say it is a migrant and there will be rioting! That is how awful the situation is. How can the police effectively do their job, ifContinue reading “We are in terrible times! The UK must find a way to end this madness!!!”

Which is it?They say daft Paraguayan ex-goalie said that in 1998 Paraguay played real French players but now in 2026 they are facing an African French team. So, given that the same guy thinks African football is rubbish, should he not be glad that the French team is filled with French players he deems African?Continue reading “Hilarious isn’t it? They say African footballers are rubbish. Then they say European countries fielding players of African descent have an undeserved advantage?”

Some still want to withhold praise, but he is now above all that. The fellow is simply brilliant!!!

This morning’s result is easily England’s greatest World Cup win in decades! Where are the racist posts that some England players suffer? None? Ok. Well, this is exactly why those comments are best ignored. The same people how type those abhorrent comments are the ones praising England now! So, to end such behaviour, you justContinue reading “England can win this World Cup!!!”

Yes, the reaction cannot be rioting, violence and throwing bricks at the police. It also cannot be MPs saying their blood boil when they see black & brown people on TV commercials (while ok with 99% toilet cleaners and menial job holders being black & brown). BUT, when you watch a recent BBC programme thatContinue reading “The government needs to understand the real anguish of poverty and the rise of anti-migrant sentiment”

…. it is indeed baffling! If Cabo Verde had lost 6 – 0 yesterday, it would still have been an excellent performance by them. To score 2 goals and push the defending champions and Lionel Messi, to extra time and narrowly losing it? can’t find the right words nor enough superlatives for Cabo Verde!!! ButContinue reading “People who want to be negative and hateful, will always find reasons to be: the defending world champion (Argentina) just got held and pushed to be brink by Cabo Verde, a country of less than 500,000 people. A country many have never heard of. A country that is completely unknown in football! Yes, we complain about England’s performances….”

What a story! Although I am not a supporter of Egypt, you gotta take your hat off to them for getting this far, given their past record of never winning a single World Cup game before 2026…

This guy is playing in his 6th World Cup! Before now, he has singlehandedly won the Euros for his country. Over 20 years now, in a sport where most careers do not exceed 10 years and certainly very few are ever at the very top, for more than a handful of years, this guy hasContinue reading “Well done Cristiano Ronaldo! We live in pathetic times!!!”

Yes, it is not a job anyone is entitled to and perhaps the next PMs should try to be less dugged and more willing to allow their detractors a voice instead of whipping and suspending MPs who disagree. But it is tragic that we go to the poll and elect a party led by anContinue reading “Sad day in the UK and sad day for the UK. We’ve hounded yet another Prime Minister out of office!…”

Few hours ago, MP Jess Phillips said she won her seat despite Starmer. Ok Jess. But you would just be another MP in opposition without Starmer. I am not suggesting Starmer is perfect, but I think he is definitely being treated unfairly right now. Now, it is possible that he didn’t listen to advice andContinue reading “It isn’t that difficult to come up with noble thought; implementing them is a very different matter. Andy Burnham’s relentless pursuit of UK PM office is a very cautionary tale! He (Burnham) means well (as Starmer did in 2024/25), but…..”

Phenomenal! One would run out of superlatives for Thierry Henry..

I can’t imagine retiring and then carrying on around the same industry! I’d be completely fed up!

Don’t know whether to laugh or cry……

Politicians can learn a bit from this result. Trying to meet the electorate in the middle is still possible. We are in 2026 and cannot take the country back to 1960 as some want, but politicians need to engage in discussions and explain to the people living in poverty, how they intend to help themContinue reading “Makerfield by-election result proves what some of us have always known: if you engage with the British electorate and listen to their concerns, they will vote for ya!”

When you look at some of the power-hungry politicians in the UK today; the ones who think 1+1=2. It might do, in a maths class, but in government, when you have all the power there is, comes grave responsibility! And 1+1 is not always that easy 2. It is of course a total waste ofContinue reading “With great power comes grave responsibility”

…. we have problems that we appear unable to solve. Once you hear someone make the statement: “to think he did that to his own, his kind”…. What? Humankind? What other kind can there be? If we can ever let go of divisions, we may be able to resolve some of the world’s greatest problems…Continue reading “Great to see three British drivers winning the Formula One in Spain today! Now, ain’t that how the country should be??”

Absolutely no words for it! In any grouping of people, there will always be one or two criminals. It is a given. Some will be bright, some kind, some nasty, some dull…. It is what it is.. No one knows why a Sudanese migrant decided to attack an innocent man with a knife, stabbing himContinue reading “There are no words for what’s going on in the UK right now….”

When politicians say: “yes, the people are angry and I can understand their anger”. OK, BUT WHAT IS YOUR JOB AS A POLITICIAN? Is is not to help those people by fairest calming them down and helping them not to be angry but to try to resolve their issues and find solutions??? Fanning the flameContinue reading “What would happen if our politicians actually worked together to listen to the people they were elected to represent AND instead of fanning the flames of division & anger, actually try to HELP people to understand the realities of the modern world and solve their problems????”

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!”