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    Wow, great news! The sun is back. After a scorching week a short while ago we had what I would term some heavy Scottish mist ( light rain) which was propelled forward by some strong winds. Not only that but it continued for days and nights on end. Lovely we need the rain, Welsh Water said and upped the bills as a joyous statement of intent. On top of that I was told to boil the water before making my coffee or I would die. So, not bad then. As it was the local Tesco sold some lovely English sparkling water and I am still alive. Now it is a Sunday and listening to the always uplifting news reports I learned that the by-election to get Andy (our Saviour) Burnham elected as the next PM is a given as Reform and Restore are at each other’s throats. The good Rupert wants to decapitate Nigel and Nigel wants his friend Trump to deport Rupert to Alcatraz and throw away the key. Interesting times eh? And oh yeah talking about Andy, would he make any difference? You bet he ...

     The fact that the UK is basically not an island any more seems to have escaped the worthwhile MP’s and in fact the whole government. Yes, I can see the sea around us as well. But drones do not! The problem is a simple one, today’s wars are fought more and more by robots. Drones today, walking robots, or just moving robots, tomorrow. On top of that the speed at which they go and are developed ensures we must think about defence right now! When you look around to see what can be a problem such as Ukraine experiences with drones carrying explosives, the power infrastructure is being destroyed piece by piece. In the UK the power structure is above ground for everyone to see. One cannot miss the straggling power lines marching all over the country. The power stations that generate the electricity are even signposted on the atlases. Just type for the Google maps on your mobile. Just type Hinkley and it pops up with a nice picture and a small map to show Putin where ...

     What a show this PMQs is , Prime Minister’s Questions? My foot, it is just an almighty congratulatory show. But what was more interesting watching the talk afterwards with Henry Zeffman and some finance MP’s. It did also show the government’s disarray in the question of how to finance the Defence requirements. The Strategic Defence Review is now so overdue it might as well be shelved altogether as the situations in the world have changed considerably. The other mentioning by the Treasury spokesman was the possibility of raising taxes. As he said we need to go to the country and find out what people want. Excuse me? Who did we vote for to sort these things out? This point was not really taken up but frankly it seems to me they have completely lost the plot. They are at loggerheads, hundreds of MPs want more social services. More people on benefits and they just don’t care whether that cost comes at the Defence budget or any other budget. You hear about all the ...

      Whoopsidoopsie, another celebrity facing a twenty year old grievance. Touching another person, probably a woman, sexually? Wow, stone the crows. Really? Open zip showing the naughty innards? Adjusting a lady’s bra straps? OK, a woman came forward telling everyone for years how she felt violated by this horrible man. Twenty years? Good Lord, a long time to keep your mouth shut I’d say. Let me say first and foremost I don’t agree with wokery. I also don’t agree with these sexual actions. It is stupid, silly and dehumanises people, it can leave those who had to endure it in a bad way. Racism also, and tell me exactly what that is? Bearing in mind I believe humanity is one animal, so there are no races. So, this lady has now decided to complain. Why not, it gets you in the spotlight once more., rightly or wrongly. The problem is things happened in the past which were, let’s say, condoned or approved even. People like rock musicians mostly had women throwing t...

      One question everyone should ask – Has the present type of politics improved the country? Eh... well, let’s have a look. The multicultural idea – did that improve the country? Eh… The gender ideas, did these improve the country? Eh… The taxation ideas then, did they improve the country, Eh… Blimey did any of these well publicised new ways of thinking improve the country? How about the Open Door policies of Labour then? That should have improved the country? Eh… Well good heavens, has anything at all improved the country? Eh… Oh dear, how is that then. Who is to blame? Eh…. Friends, the real truth is and you could argue about it for hours and still not find an answer. Except to say, we are all to blame. First and foremost there is something wrong with our politics. Yes, I know they say we are proud of our two main party politics but is that really true? The main argument seems to be, at least on the streets that a Coalition type government is no good. Nothi...

      Why are we, western people, so perturbed about Israel? Is it that they are only looking at the biased TV reporting from both sides and making their minds up about what is happening today? A good question then would be, were they all asleep? In my younger days, no-one seemed to worry about Israel or indeed about Russia or China and Trump was only a screaming kid in his mother’s bosom trying to find a teat to suck. A thing he probably has never forgotten and dreams about day and night. Why not. It is a natural thing, so the experts tell us. But yes Israel, in the UK now we have loads of people mostly imported who have waken up about the happenings on the ground in the Middle-East’s eastern seaboard. Bit late wouldn’t you say? There has been a problem there ever since the Muslims started thinking they would conquer the world. Nice idea, many have tried. History tells us it usually is an absolute failure. Now it has to be understood that there are problems of...