October 2024

Did you see that the most recent opinion poll gives current London Mayor Sadiq Khan a commanding lead over every other candidate. This means that in all likelihood he will gain another four years in power. If this happens, what will become of our once loved Capital city?

There is an old saying that if voting actually changed anything, they wouldn’t let us do it! Do you think there is wisdom in this, or is it just cynicism? The older I get the more I see it to be true. The illusion of having a functioning democracy because you have a choice between the

Crimea has been part of Russia since 1783, and the majority of people living there see themselves as Russian and speak Russian. Former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson now believes that Ukraine can regain possession of Crimea and this a further escalation in his apparent belligerent bloodlust. There are no credible military experts who go along with Johnson’s peculiar belief and when we look at what has happened in eastern Ukraine since 2022, we see that Russia has advanced, captured an held territory. So who on earth would a shattered demoralised Ukraine capture Ukraine, precisely?

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The game is up. You know it, I know it and Rishi Sunak knows it too. At this point, he is acting more of an Undertaker for the Conservatives than an actual leader. His oily managerial style inspires no-one, his lack of vision is there for all to see, and he must know that whenever he calls the General Election at some point this year, he will pull the curtain down on not just his lousy Administration but 13 years of UnConservative rule. He deserves what is coming although we don’t.

Okay, so it’s stupid o’clock and I’m at the airport for an early morning flight to London and I’ve just been served …by a robot! 👀👀👀It’s a new experience for me. You order via your phone, pay by your phone and the robot delivers the food! Welcome to dystopia! I wonder does a robot cook the food? At one level it’s techy and seems smart. Unless you don’t have a smartphone and a credit card. Oh yes, I see the danger of all of this. We are deliberately removing humanity from the breakfast experience!

So I’m sitting on a flight to London and it’s a perfect opportunity to write a little substack! It’s a blue sky outside and as always I marvel as the airplane takes off and I see the land from altitude. And that got me thinking about how we all see our lives!