A Fascist Government?
Umerto Eco wrote this essy on Fascism. I hate the way that Fascism is thrown about on social media. BUT Think about this government and see how many of his 14 points can be ticked. Certainly number 1, a fixation with tradition. 2, well, maybe. 3, Action for actions sake. Operation Save Big Dog is […]
Boris Johnson, an Apology?
Is it a REAL Apology from Boris Johnson? Is Johnson’s apology real? No, of course not. Here is the text; I want to apologise. I know that millions of people across this country have made extraordinary sacrifices over the last 18 months. “I know the anguish they have been through – unable to mourn their […]
Another Day, Another U-Turn
Tory Sleaze, Again Or, Another misjudgement by Boris (Blunder) Johnson It seems that the sleaze fest that is the Tories rumbles on with misjudgement adding to their woes. People objected when the Tories tried to let off one of their own who was found guilty of an “egregious” breach of lobbying rules. What a surprise. […]
Tory Sleaze, Tories Vote to Rip Up Ethics Committee
Tory Sleaze is back, Did it ever go Away? Remember this list? This was, if my memory serves, a list put together by the Tory whips so that their members could be “pursuaded” to vote the right way. Some interesting names on the list. Foreign secretaries (past and present), Transport Minister, Ex Home Secetary, etc. […]
Israeli Minister Denied Access to COP 26
COP 26 Johnson’s mob makes me ashamed. Just when you think that they could not get worse. “Karine Elharrar, Israel’s minister for energy and water, was forced to wait two hours outside the event site Monday after organizers refused to let her enter in her adapted vehicle, she said. Her office said she was later […]
Gavin Williamson is Missing
Where is he? Has anyone seen Gavin Williamson? If you have forgotten (as he seems to have) he is the minister for education and he has been having a hard time recently. First “A refusal to make contingency plans was the “most unforgivable” element of the UK government’s handling of education during the pandemic, according […]
Lies, Damned Lies and Boris Johnson – Part 1
In my last post about the Tory Leadership race I called Boris Johnson (real name Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson) a pratt and a serial lier. I thought that it might be a good idea to justify my accusation that his grasp on reality is frail – as well as being self serving. Originally it […]
Tory Leadership Race
Theresa Goes, eventually. May is leaving us with a whimper, and so is Theresa. Yesterday she told the grieving/jubilant nation (depends on whether you are Theresa or Boris) that she had failed. Give her her due, it has only taken 3 rejections by the House of Commons to realise what we all knew 2 years […]
Theresa May – What is she good for?
Theresa May’s Record as Home Secretary Before Theresa May became Home Secretary in 2010 there had been five others in six years. That she lasted 6 years goes to show that she is a survivor. What has sunk others was a stepping stone for her to the top job. The media was broadly supportive, and […]
National Health Service Funding – the £84 Billion Lie
The Tories are telling lies about the funding increase to the National Health Service. Philip Hammond is again playing fast and loose with the truth. Double counting, or quadruple counting in this case, is not normal practice for a government, or anyone else. The health budget for NHS England (other parts of the NHS are […]