Ursula in Blunderland
- January 31, 2021
- by
- Matt
At first sight, the government of a country that has just reached the grim figure of 100,000 covid-related deaths and the third highest per capita covid death rate in the world shouldn’t have much to celebrate. Yet a poll this week suggests that Johnson and his cabinet-of-the-damned have gained four points, bringing its potential vote...
On the Tenth Day of Brexit, My True Love Gave to Me
- January 10, 2021
- by
- 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...
Why I’m Not ‘Moving On’
- January 03, 2021
- by
- 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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