Harry, Gaza and the BBC
Gaza We have a cease fire but the 70 year old problem remains and we the UK, the French, the Zionist Jews and the USA created it. More than 212 people, including 61 children, have died in Gaza, and just
Islamophobia in Batley?
Words and their changed meaning The process of that change fascinates me. First we need a definition from the Oxford English Dictionary (OED). Then I will move on to what happened at Batley Grammar School. The OED states that a
Harry and Meghan: an alternative view
The media & our dear Aunty BBC explored Recently, the many difficult issues that the world continues to face have been overwhelmed by the media focussing on trivia spouted by self interested spoiled brats and endless pages on the health
China shows its true face; world governments must ACT!
Time to act on China. A page or so down, I link to a Sunday Times article written in July 2020. It traces Covid-19 from 2011 to 2019. An illuminating article which few seem to have read. It is long
What we learned about China in 2020 …
.. and what we should do about it in 2021. My sources are all blue, bold, italics and underlined. Clicking on them reveals a good read! What we learned in 2020: China has rapidly become a dangerous tyranny under Xi
“The fairy tale of eternal economic growth”
I was going to entitle this article “The current BAME*1 game diversion”, but, Greta Thunberg’s words are far more powerful, and, more to the point. Dr Erich Schumacher made strong arguments against economic growth in his 1973 book “Small is
China’s future and ours; lessons from Covid-19?
For the last 40 years or so, China’s financial, business, political and cultural effect on our world has been a disaster. A disaster both for the Chinese themselves and for most of us. The corona virus is just the latest
Our leaders’ decisions are mostly bonkers, why?
Reading the news, since the 12th December election, has been quite illuminating but equally depressing. I’m not talking about global warming, plastic waste pollution or the ever increasing ability of our politicians to “take responsibility” by just saying the words
General election Q & A – Happy Maastricht ;-)
Yippeee! Another general election 😉 the third since the five year fixed term parliament act came into err “force” in 2011. Your Christmas General Election quiz starts here. Just 10 questions to answer. There may be prizes (Ed: I doubt
David Cameron’s hypocrisy today
Having just read the front page of today’s Sunday Times, I just had to make this short comment on David Cameron’s hypocrisy and his blatant attempt at self publicity. Just before the 2016 referendum he gave this televised promise “…