Jelly on a (Tory) Plate
- January 12, 2021
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- Matt
Some readers may be ancient enough to remember certain mathematics textbooks that asked you to calculate your weekly grocery bills, or how long it would take four men to dig a hole in road. I was reminded of these exercises today, when I saw the following tweet from @RoadsideMum about the package she had received...
On the Tenth Day of Brexit, My True Love Gave to Me
- January 10, 2021
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- Matt
It’s less than two weeks since the Supreme Leader Comrade John-Son-Un signed the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement the day before the transition period for leaving the EU expired. Bliss was it in that dawn to be alive, but to be a Brexiter was very heaven. John-Son-Un himself, never one to hide his light under...
The Trumptown Putschists
- January 07, 2021
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- Matt
Many years ago, when I moved to Spain in 1988, people used to talk about the coup attempt of 1981, when Lieutenant-Colonel Antonio Tejero and 200 Civil Guard officers took over the Spanish Congress of Deputies and held MPs hostage. Years later, people could still remember what they were doing on the day of 23-F,...
Why I’m Not ‘Moving On’
- January 03, 2021
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- Matt
Many years ago back in 2003, the Dixie Chicks played in London on the eve of the Iraq War, and their vocalist Natalie Maines had the temerity to criticise the war, and George Bush, while introducing one of their finest songs Travellin’ Soldier. This statement dragged the group into a political storm. The Chicks, as...
2020: The Year that Wasn’t
- December 31, 2020
- by
- Matt
Of all the things I expected from 2020 last New Year’s Eve, I have to say I did not expect to be living under actual or semi quarantine for nine months in the middle of a pandemic. My wife was more prescient. As far back as last December she expressed concern that the virus in...
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