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I am not partial to a list A flood of words like diarrhea Makes me gag and stay well clear I prefer my voices clear and round Not staccato peppered sound Give me sentences and phrases A narrative would get my praises If you’re writing a new book Check your…

The inescapable fact is that we do not know what is in the other person’s mind. We find out various things about social groupings when they are called upon to vote. David Cameron may have thought it was worth the risk to have a referendum on leaving the EU. Did…

Who would trust a country or its government if they spread lies about their friends and then refused to accept an agreement to leave an alliance with those friendly countries signed by their former Prime Minister? The national interest of Ireland is tied to another agreement that ended years of…

Dulce et Decorun est by Wilfred Owen is one of the most famous poems to debunk the lies told about the glorious dead laying down their lives in battle for their country, Bent double, like old beggars under sacks, Knock-kneed, coughing like hags, we cursed through sludge, Till on the…

POTUS the ridiculous has now expressed solidarity with a diplomat’s wife fleeing UK justice. A young man on a motorbike was killed by the American woman who was driving her car on the wrong side of the road. Having assured police that she would not leave the country, she used…

Was it a vision or a waking dream? I heard her voice before I saw What looked like the balcony scene in Romeo and Juliet, except Romeo Seemed to have shinned up a pipe and was inside arguing with her. The casements Were wide open and I could see some…

Brexit continues to divide people. If leaving the EU is such a great idea, what about breaking up the United Kingdom? Scottish independence could be the subject of another referendum. Irish unity might look more promising than the reintroduction of border posts. In other words, instead of making good use…

In backstop country there is a lads culture. If you are feeling a bit low, get over yourself and carry on drinking. Troubling others with your state of wellbeing is not really a thing here. Young male suicides in Northern Ireland are at frightening levels and many celebrities have spread…

In 1971 the film, A Clockwork Orange, Stanley Kubrick directed a poignant film based on  Anthony Burgess’ book by the same name. In 1971 violence in England was common at football grounds and skinheads went in search of queers and pakis to beat them up. The film’s central character is…

Now that I qualify for free public transport and my teeth are in need of extraction, I realise that I have grouchy old git rights: The right to be offended by the idiotic things people do or say. The right to take umbrage at the small annoyances that could easily…