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Argy Bargy
According to the UK media (never paragons of accuracy), Monday will herald the beginning of the most visible manifestation of the government’s unwillingness or incapability (delete as appropriate) to control our borders. Portland Port, near Weymouth, will be blighted by the presence of the giant Bibby Stockholm barge (https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/bibby-stockholm-asylum-seekers-robert-jenrick-dorset-cornwall-fire-brigades-union-b1098924.html) where the government will begin housing…
What lies at the end of the Rainbow?
The first mention of the Rainbow in the Bible is when Noah and all on his Ark spotted a rainbow in the sky after the great flood had ended, and they left the ark to enter dry land. The rainbow God displayed in the sky represented the promise, or covenant, that God would never again…
Roman Catholic Nuns, a sewer in the Irish Republic; and the Nazi Holocaust
The human condition, and indeed human nature, conditions us to be ashamed, to be horrified, sometimes to be appalled; and then, to move on. When Neville Chamberlain’s slow, monotone voice caught the attention of a listening Nation, as he stated that our Country was going to stand by its Treaty obligations, and was therefore declaring…
D.I.N.O.
There are often new words created on the hoof that go on to make a major impact on our everyday discourse. For example, 15 years ago nobody had ever heard of ‘Brexit’. Thanks to our vote to depart from the European Union, ‘Brexit’ experienced a 3,400% increase in usage in 2016 alone, before going on…
Is That True Or Did You Hear It On The BBC?
In his latest book, author David Sedgwick quotes the BBC’s own words back to it giving the broadcaster nowhere to hide. Cast your minds back a couple of years to the start of the so-called covid-19 panic. Just months into the outbreak a government advisory body called The Scientific Pandemic Influenza Group on Behaviours (SPI-B)…
Remember, Remember the Second of November
In January 2010, the Guardian ran a story following an interview the BBC’s Andrew Marr had with the, then, leader of the Conservative Party. David Cameron, once seen as the suave figure who would restore the Tories to government, told Marr his aim would be to limit the amount of net migration into the UK…
