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Oh. My. God. What an effed-up year this has been. Goodbye and good riddance. #FU2016 as John Oliver said. He was right, this year was a bad vintage, it drove us stir crazy – just get outta my sight already.
But hang on, dead or alive, we’d better spin round and discuss it a little, or the rest of this page will be entirely blankety blank. Along the way, I’ve got to sneak in some tributes to happenings and people sadly departed this year.
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.
Continue reading “Thinking about Trump – and what it means for us all”
It’s like he could be bro of mine – British-born 45-year-old son of Pakistani immigrants who originally migrated from India during the 47 partition and came to the UK to work hard in search of a better life for themselves and their children. And now he’s the Mayor of London!
Continue reading “British-Asian becomes London Mayor – there’s a disturbance in the Force!”
