British Elections June 2017

Great to see haughty arrogance and complacency fall flat on its face.

Awesome to see hope and optimism galvanise voting, particularly among the young. No more need for grudging acceptance and stoic cynicism – things can change!

BTW Labour got 40% of the votes. In the previous election in 2015 it achieved only 30%. You have to go back to 2001 for the last time it got 40% which was when Blair won his second term! In fact Blair won his third term with only 35%. So that puts into perspective Corbyn’s achievement. Credit where credit is due.

09/06/2017 0

Vote for the kids!

When you hold that ballet paper in your hand, stop and think, not about yourself, but about our kids.

We should all vote if we can, but it’s time to stop voting for our own selfish reasons and spurious loyalties, and instead to vote for the benefit of the country, it’s people and particularly, the young people. Because quite simply, our future is invested in them.

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08/06/2017 0

Stunned and Stifled Incredulity

Whilst watching the BBC just now, this penned itself.

A buffoon-in-chief speaks – or should that be reads badly – on matters he simply can’t begin to comprehend. The insincerity stabs at you with every jab of the tiny paw.

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21/05/2017 0

Write him off if you must, but don’t ignore him

How is it we live in a world where all the political pundits tell us that a man who speaks of a just, fair, peaceful and hopeful future for us and our young has no chance of winning an election, whilst an out-of-touch, flighty, egomaniac focussed solely on strengthening her own power base (like her counterpart across the Atlantic) – to the obvious detriment of what we used to understand democracy to be – is a sure bet?

An old video sure, but please listen to this speech and then ponder that this is not a man that talks about conceited and contrived ‘strong and stable’ politics.

He talks about…

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14/05/2017 0

Terrorists don’t discriminate – why do we?

Stop attributing religious or social and geo-political identities to terrorists. And describe them as what they are – cold-blooded, unthinking, ruthless, evil murdering psychopaths.

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18/02/2017 0

The Secret Lives of Muslims

The shocking truth of a future awaiting Muslims.

In a time not too distant from today…

The apartment was silent, the lights dim and the man was alone. Yet he moved charily in his own home. As he stepped from the bathroom, his eyes darted left and right along the darkened corridor. He checked every room and ensured all the lights were switched off, cloaking his world in deeper darkness.

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05/02/2017 0

What’s really behind the Muslim Ban

The so-called Muslim ban is just the first salvo, and I think I’ve figured out what the end game is here. It’s not dumb at all, it’s actually very deliberate indeed. And terrifying.

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30/01/2017 0

I’m loving the idea of Alternative Facts

The Trump Presidency has gotten off to a totally expected absurdly awful start, but there’s always silver linings – and one of them is the concept of Alternative Facts

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27/01/2017 0

The Terrible Twenty-Tens

It’s going to take at least a decade for this cycle of prejudice, fear, resentment and hate to run its course. That’s if there isn’t a World War first of course. In which case we’ll all be dead soon anyway.

Trump’s election is being compared to the rise of fascism and Hitler in Germany. But Trump and Brexit are the symptoms of the same social malaise – frustration, helplessness, resentment and hopelessness brought about by the apocalyptic economic avalanche of 2007, that’s still reverberating today – perhaps moreso than ever this year in particular.

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19/11/2016 0

Thinking about Trump – and what it means for us all

President Elect Trump. Wow. How did that happen? He’s a reality TV star and a billionaire business man with a very dubious track record and no political experience. He comes across as a vile and vulgar person, a bully, a thug, a potential villain in a Bond movie. He is now the leader of the most powerful nation in the world.

I’m flabbergasted. I’m appalled, I’m confused. But I’ve been reading and watching a lot of comments and opinions about this. And I think I’m starting to get it now.

And what’s becoming apparent is that we can’t blame Trump voters and supporters for this. I don’t think it’s their fault. It’s ours for ignoring them.

Look, just hear me out.

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11/11/2016 0