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Continue reading →: Corruption
Turkey’s Executive President (dictator) is the master of Machiavellian strategy. Locking up or executing political rivals, protesters, liberals and the Deans of universities to silence all opposition has taken away all hope for a secular democracy. When a recording of Erdogan and his son discussing hiding tens of millions of…
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Continue reading →: Droning on
Putin’s war is brought home to the Russian people by Ukrainian drone strikes on their capital city. The lie of ‘special military operations’ can no longer be perpetrated on the dictator’s population. Obviously the Russian missile strikes on civilian targets are deadlier, but drone attacks on Russia are as much…
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Continue reading →: Home nation advantage
On Saturday France and England get a chance to get revenge for their opening defeats in Scotland and Wales last week. Rugby fans can lift the morale of their teams by spirited cheering. Whether England can raise their game against Wales sufficiently to get their revenge is doubtful. The French…
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Continue reading →: Going forward at the end of the day
In case you were wondering, I am not good. This is not a statement about my moral decline, but a pedantic appeal for the reinstatement of adverbs. Nobody sends Get Good cards to ailing friends or relatives, so why should the common response to “how are you?” be “I’m good”?…
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Continue reading →: A feast of rugby internationals
With the Rugby World Cup a month away there are some interesting matches in preparation for that contest. Scotland had a player red carded but still fought back to beat France 25-21. The All Blacks battled hard to snatch victory from the Wallabies. As if that wasn’t enough exciting rugby…
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Continue reading →: Censorship
A quick look online will give you a curious list of writing that was banned at some time. Obscenity is the common reason for censorship, but you wouldn’t think that Shakespeare is included in that category. The Bowdlers took it upon themselves to remove passages from the bard’s work that…
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Continue reading →: Balancing the books
The NI Secretary is considering new measures to raise funds for the ailing economy struggling under the weight of public spending. Selling off NI Water will be an unpopular move, introducing prescription charges will hit the elderly and window tax has already been tried. Why not try crowdfunding? Libraries, rehab…
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Continue reading →: Inclusive
The solidarity of the LGBTQ+ community is a safeguard against the sort of bigotry and hatred that puts lives at risk. I was saddened to see that serving police officers in Belfast were no longer allowed by the PSNI to join this year’s Pride march dressed in their uniforms. At…
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Continue reading →: Soap box
The UK economy is struggling to show signs of growth and recovery from its huge losses under Liz Truss. Sunak is trying to convince the electorate that he is a safe pair of hands, getting to grips with inflation, curbing excessive public sector wage demands and taxing alcohol according to…
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Continue reading →: Free at the point of incarceration
Those on remand should be able to check in to a Premier prison safe in the knowledge that their stay will be charged at market prices and rated on TripAdvisor. Those wrongly accused will receive a full refund and a complimentary voucher to visit the Clink Museum. A public/private finance…
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