A Conservative peer has called on the government to introduce special immigration rules to fix a shortage of au pairs. Baroness Hodgson of Abinger told the House of Lords that Brexit had meant there was no visa route to bring… Read More ›
Politics
Not A Joke, Nor A Joker, Definitely Not Trivial
My speech today is going to address what I believe to be one of the causes; ‘sado-populism.’ Johnson is but the newest sado-populist leader. Putin came ahead of him. Trump followed. Erdogan, Orban, Kaczynski and Duda, Bolsonaro, Duterte all show… Read More ›
King Johnson
Conservative Owen Paterson has avoided punishment for now as the government ordered its MPs to back a review of standards investigations. The result of the vote was met with cries of “shame” from opposition MPs. Mr Paterson was found to… Read More ›
Could a Brexiteer I met solve the climate crisis?
A few weeks ago I bought some fuel, after queuing for 30 minutes, and found myself next to an older lady in the queue waiting to pay. She commented on how ridiculous it was that there were fuel shortages, that… Read More ›
You cannot pray away the gay
‘You’re a disgrace’: James O’Brien clashes with a church pastor who says he’ll pray for gay people to ‘help them overcome’ homosexual feelings. James dealt with this pastor perfectly. He is right as well, a disgrace.
A new NHS crisis
This week, in the first national Covid press conference to be held in five weeks, the Health Secretary Sajid Javid looked the population in the eye and claimed: “We are a lot closer to normal than we were a few… Read More ›
The draft Online Safety Bill
As readers of my personal blog, or people who know me, will probably be aware, I’m a proponent, and user, of Free and open source software. And this got me thinking: how would the draft Online Safety Bill affect the… Read More ›
Self-indulgent in the extreme
I’m telling you all this — and don’t even get me started on his unscrupulous and dishonourable behaviour on the Northern Ireland protocol — because at the heart of it all there is a mystery that I cannot fathom. I… Read More ›
The Queen is irritated. She has no right to be
The Queen has appeared to suggest she is irritated by people who “talk” but “don’t do”, ahead of next month’s climate change summit. Her reported remarks were overheard during the opening of the Welsh parliament on Thursday. The monarch, who… Read More ›
Nightmare Tech Fails
22 of the Worst Tech fails of ALL Time. Including Xbox, Nintendo, Sony, GoPro, Blockbuster and much more. Great video littered with Microsoft errors. Remarkable that Boris Johnson actually wins this one.
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