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Category: Politics
A couple of things I’ve learned from lockdown
These are interesting but difficult times as the country, indeed much of the world, learns to deal with Covid-19, and it will be fascinating to discover at a later date how we’ll all emerge from the current state of lockdown. There are things happening now that I’d never have thought possible several weeks ago, before …
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Autumn is here – what will it bring, though?
I have to admit, I’m a summer person and the warmer months always seem to pass too quickly. It’s good to be outside in the sunshine, walking in the countryside, travelling to new places in the van, enjoying the open space on the beach. I love to cross the channel, go to France and beyond …
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We don’t tolerate bullying. Or do we?
From our first day at school – maybe even before that – we are told that bullying is wrong. It's not difficult to work out morally. When a person is marginalised, abused, made to feel isolated, hurt, it can't be right. Schools and institutions do their best to eradicate it yet, headteachers admit, it is …
If the EU vote had been a second hand bike…
After the EU vote went the way of the Leave Campaign, many people have said, 'The country has made a choice and we must stick with it.' Others suggest, 'You can't keep having another vote until you get the result you want.' The British people are, essentially, stoics, especially the English with our stiff upper …
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Words to stem the storm or at least hold the tide back for a moment.
So the world is imploding. All sorts of worms are crawling out of the opened can.The negative feelings of the disenfranchised are manifesting themselves as widespread disagreement and arguments and dissatisfaction and we're seeing Facebook memes of Pooh Bear and Piglet healing rifts between polarised friends. Everyone has a strong opinion - thank goodness for Free Speech, …
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On momentum, mayhem and revolting minions
... some moments are nice, some are nicer, some are even worth writing about. - Charles Bukowski I didn't intend to blog about politics so frequently, but the changes in the political climate in Britain at the moment are monumental and too elusive not to savour on a blog post. We're in a unique time where change is happening …
On Stronger In, the Brexit victory and what happens next…
The days have gone when the Labour Party were the party of the working people. I think this is the case now, given the huge numbers who voted for Boris Johnson, Michael Gove and Nigel Farage's Leave campaign and who contributed towards their majority. I've read a variety of slogans and opinions on Facebook and …
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11 pictures of Pushkin the cat that tell us why we should vote ‘Remiaown’ in the referendum
Introducing Pushkin. Alexandra Pushkin or Alexandra Pushkin-Boots. Or sometimes Pyuuuuuuuuuushkin or Little Pushkin or Ditta Puuuushkin or Puskh. Or Puuuussshhhy. Or Ditta. As T. S. Eliot says in 'The Naming of Cats': 'a cat must have THREE DIFFERENT NAMES...' Eliot says that a cat's ... mind is engaged in a rapt contemplation Of the thought, …
On the E.U. vote: wars, words and perceptions of truth.
The referendum vote on June 23rd is one of the most important political decisions in our lifetime and, I have to admit, at the beginning I didn't think the Leave campaign was likely to win. I spent some time in Europe last month and I had lunch with some French and Belgian people who told me they were …
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That quintessence of dust 