Some of you have asked why I have the video of American educationist Mr Rogers on my site. The video is a mashed up version of his famous TV show that educated millions of children in the USA over the decades. It’s on here because of the words…. just suspend your adult cynicism for a […]
Thought for the day
Today the new President of the United States of America is sworn in. I make no comment on that person but I do commend this music clip to you all suggest the message it contains is worth a few moments of quiet contemplation…it happens to be beautiful as well as poignant…
All Empires Collapse
China is huge to state the obvious. Billions or people over an area which is simply impossible to imagine. It is however one country and always will be…right? Well is it right? It’s become accepted that China will be the most powerful country in the world in terms of population and economic power but why […]
Safe to walk our streets
You will have gathered I’m a liberal so maybe you would not expect me to write about this but I am proud to be a Brit. I read today that members of our armed forces are not only being advised not to wear their uniforms while off duty and off base but also cover up […]
Why the West may get Turkey badly wrong
The west may regret the day the coup failed in Turkey. It’s very easy in the West to jump to conclusions about situations we really don’t understand. It’s very easy to see democracy as the answer to everything. Unfortunately, democracy elected Hitler and many dictators over the years. We get this so badly wrong sometimes […]
Bor-Exit!
There’s a very long tradition of the front runner for leader in the Tories never being elected. Thatcher and others we outsiders. I can’t recall a time when the front runner quit! Anyway bravo Boris… it takes a lot of guts to know when you are not the right person even when the numbers don’t […]
Heseltine gives Boris a kicking….Ouch!
Tory grandee Michael Heseltine gives Boris a text book kicking… Tories always do this best http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/video_and_audio/headlines/36677623
Jeremy Corbyn must not resign
Jeremy Corbyn is right to refuse to resign. He undoubtedly should remain the leader of the party who elected him. Unfortunately that was not the Labour Party as most people know it or are represented by most Labour MPs. It was instead an unrepresented until his election unreconstructed socialist party within Labour who through all the years […]
EEA is the way forward
I voted to remain BUT with a degree of reluctance. I have never believed in political union. Now we are where we are it seems to me the sensible way forward is negotiate membership of the European Economic Area (EEA) which is the area in which the Agreement on the EEA provides for the free movement of persons, goods, services […]