Does Voting count?

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

 
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Boris Johnson -a bloodthirsty warmonger!

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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It’s too late for the toxic Tories!

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.

 
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My dystopian breakfast!

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!

 
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Sky high!

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!

 
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Rod Stewart, Zelensky’s best friend

Did you see that esteemed Sir Rod Stewart has warned how Russia could “get into every NATO country” if it is allowed to conquer Ukraine – and revealed his concerns about the US withdrawing financial support for Kyiv? Yes, seriously. He may be approaching 80 but the geopolitics analytic skills of Sir Rod remain..err….sharp? Talking of Russian President Putin he said…

 
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Ukraine two years on…

Let’s start at the beginning. Today marks the second anniversary of the Russia/Ukraine land dispute. And it has been such a gigantic waste of human life. I opposed this conflict from the beginning and called for diplomacy to prevail. But that was naive. NATO were gagging for war, but then again they always are. Ever since 2014, Ukraine has been the chosen blood sacrifice as NATO tried to topple Russia.

 
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