From Warlord to V.E. Day…
Today is the seventy-fifth anniversary of V.E. Day and another chance to reflect on how I have something wrong with my brainā¦ I always feel like these around these big commemorations. The fact that World War 2 lasted about six years means that thereās always another landmark divisible by 5 around the corner. If weāre […]
Continue ReadingThoughts About Ending the Lockdown…
17.55. Had an early tea (dinner for those in the south) and Iām back at my desk with the window open, a slight breeze blowing, the birds singing. It would be so very calming except for the sound of the neighbourās grandkids splashing and screaming in their paddling poolā¦ Iām not sure why Iām writing […]
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The Amazing Generosity of Rishi Sunak
So I checkedā¦ I checked to see Iād be eligible for any of the help the government have so generously offered the self-employed for the past/ongoing three months of lockdown. And, I admit, at first, I was blinded by the chancellorās delivery. I believed Rishi Sunak when he stepped up those many weeks ago and […]
Continue ReadingSex and the Single Data Modeller
The news that Professor Neil Ferguson has been crunching something more than the numbers during lockdown means I need to stick a new post-it on my monitor to remind me that itās ānone of my bloody businessā. Itās the business of certain newspapers, though, who seem to take great delight in having found somebody displaying […]
Continue ReadingAlas, poor Icke! A fellow of infinite bullshitā¦
So, Youtube has finally stopped David Icke from using their platform. Well, thank some-Christ-like-figure for that! You might not be old enough to remember the emergence of Icke. Heās a former lower-league goalkeeper turned forgettable sports presenter turned annoying Green Party spokesman turnedā¦ well, itās never been polite to say what I thought he became. […]
Continue ReadingHancock’s Half-Sour Achievement
Weāre all well used to reading political news that we know will skew either to the right or the left. The government trip over their feet and certain papers drag them to the iron maiden before slamming the door on their toes. The government achieves a small victory and other papers fete them as if […]
Continue ReadingExtroverts are ruining lockdown for us introverts
Heads up for another important date in the diary: Friday, 8th May, when the nation will commemorate VE Day with a national doorstep singalong to Dame Vera Lynnās āWeāll Meet Againā. Jotted that down? Good. Now youāve had fair warning to lock your doors by eight and be in bed before the public displays of […]
Continue ReadingTrump Meme
There’s a laughable right-wing meme by the cartoonist Ben Garrison out there which depicts a muscled Trump covered in words and phrases such as “liberty” and “freedom”, whilst bullets representing “Islam”, “FBI” and “gay agenda” bounce off him. This is my slightly more realistic version.
Continue ReadingA Sunday Ramble
A quick ramble through the Sunday verbiage and it turns out that curse about āliving in interesting timesā really was a curse, after all. Really, where do we begin to catalogue this ruby-veined tumescence of abject incompetence? We really need a new lexicon of words to properly convey the scale of these various crises. Words […]
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