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Your Disappearing Right to Freedom of Expression

Written on 22nd February 2022. Posted in Chat. Leave a Comment

Freedom of Expression: Article 10 of the Human Rights Act protects your right to hold your own opinions and to express them freely without government interference. But this basic right is about to be taken away for good. It could be argued that we have never had greater freedom of expression....

Complete Failure of UK Leadership will Lead to Destitution

Written on 9th September 2021. Posted in NHS, Politics, Tax and Spend, UK. Leave a Comment

The recent tax hike in the UK targets the young, had a negative effect on jobs and protects pensioner assets on the backs of the young.

Boris, covid, Covid-19, failure, nhs, tax

EU governments squabble whilst people die

The Total Failure of EU Leadership

Written on 17th March 2021. Posted in Brexit, COVID-19, EU, UK. 2 Comments

When even the EU-friendly Times is criticising the EU leadership for failing to lead, you know something is seriously wrong.

Covid-19, EU, politics, vaccine

What have we learned since Brexit? Anything useful?

Written on 23rd February 2021. Posted in Brexit, COVID-19, Political Change, Politics, UK. Leave a Comment

Until the EU wants to deal with the UK, can this newly independent country find new markets in the rest of the world?

Brexit, Covid-19

How Fear of Everything will Kill Us

Written on 15th August 2020. Posted in Chat, COVID-19, Politics, Social Media. 5 Comments

Quite a few years ago, when my 22 year-old Son was 6 or 7, he was mad about climbing trees. There was this massive oak in the children's park near our house and he used to climb that tree every day – usually several times a day. The council cut off the low-hanging branches, but that didn't...

covid, fear, terrorism

For the Common Good…

Written on 2nd July 2020. Posted in Chat, China, COVID-19, US, World Trade. Leave a Comment

Has there ever been a more loaded phrase than “For the Common Good”? Thankfully, we are not quite at that point yet but time is running our in how to deal with Chinese internal and external aggression. Let's rewind a little and you'll see what I mean. For those who may not be aware...

CCP, China, coronavirus, Remdesivir, Trump, vaccine

China’s First HK Arrests under New Dictator Laws

Written on 1st July 2020. Posted in China, Hong Kong, Politics, World, World Trade. 2 Comments

So. It's happened. Finally. The One-State-Two-Systems is finally gone. The Chinese Communist Party, despite months of international protest and opprobrium, put the last nail in the coffin for Hong Kong Democracy. On the first day the new laws went into effect (today) the first arrests have been made.If...

Arrests, China, Dictatorship, Hong Kong, Security Laws, Trade

The Curious Incident of the Non-Existent Contact-Tracing App

Written on 25th June 2020. Posted in COVID-19, NHS, UK. 2 Comments

The UK government's failure to sort out a contact tracing app when Germany one is scandalous. But why was the MHS tasked with this important project when it has a litany of failures to be proud of?

Boris, contact tracing app, covid, failure, nhs, software

The Hubris of the NHS – previously posted on FB.

Written on 25th June 2020. Posted in COVID-19, NHS, Repost, UK. 1 Comment

This was initially posted to The Daily Telegraph Facebook Group on 9 June 2020. The incompetence and hubris of the NHS shows once again as it takes on tasks it is ill-equipped for. It failed to prepare for the pandemic in any meaningful way and lied to ministers about their level of preparedness....

You wait for a post for ages… and then three come along at the same time

Written on 25th June 2020. Posted in Chat, Right vs. Left. Leave a Comment

A few weeks ago, I joined The Daily Telegraph private group on Facebook. I don't belong to many groups and certainly don't post in many. All went well. Lots of likes, comments and a group that engaged, was critical, without being nasty (unlike my personal feed where, seemingly, it's ok to insult...

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