Monthly Archives: November 2016
REMEMBRANCE DAY
As one who served in Her Majesty’s armed forces for 20 years, today’s the day I and many others, with or without direct military experience, take some time to remember all those who made the ultimate sacrifice for their country since the First World War. Some of my buddies in a requisitioned trawler in the South […]
PRESIDENT TRiUMPh
If the BBC – or ‘Auntie Beeb’ as we in the UK refer to the institution, affectionately – was in mourning after the outcome of the European Union Referendum, she’ll be positively suicidal this morning. Almost choking on his words, James Naughtie, the BBC’s special correspondent in Washington, has just announced – at 0735 hrs […]
THE US PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
Ah well, for us political anoraks, it’s going to be a long night. When it came to the EU Referendum, my head said Remain, my heart said Leave – and I voted Leave. When it comes to the US Presidential Election, my head says Clinton and something in me (it’s not my heart) says Trump. […]
BREXIT: WELL, THAT DIDN’T LAST LONG, DID IT?
An Open Letter to the Prime Minister Dear Mrs May Your Conservative Government, albeit with whatshisname at the helm, spent £9 million making the case for the UK to remain governed by the European Commission. Indeed, your Government and the Conservative Party bet the farm on the British people toeing the line and voting in […]
Moraymint Chatter 