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The view of an English paraplegic in France

The world is on a knife-edge

19th April 2024 Late again I know but I’ve been suffering a number of health issues, one of which – another pressure sore – is currently being investigated by my GP and the Specialist at Montlucon Hospital and might see me back in there for another stint of treatment.  It’s the last thing I want…
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THE WORLD JUST GETS WORSE – WHEN WILL WE LEARN?

11th October 2023 THE WORLD JUST GETS WORSE – WHEN WILL WE LEARN? This started as Septembers Blog post – but circumstances got in the way – namely that yours truly and his wheelchair came adrift from the ramp as I was unloading and I hit the deck pretty hard – side and head first. …
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A cruel, cruel summer

A CRUEL, CRUEL SUMMER 4th August 2023 The Tories – indeed all Parliamentarians – are today scuttling off for their two months of summer holiday, not returning to the House of Commons until October. Two months paid holiday, basking in the ever increasing global temperatures or other freak weather anomalies whilst things at home –…
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It’s been a while I know – but I’m back

8th July 2023  I know – it’s been a while but …… I started writing this blog post early in February, the aim being to answer a specific question put to me by one of my readers (you know who you are Mrs S), namely what did I consider to be a fair wage for…
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WHERE TO START AT THE START OF A NEW YEAR

13/01/2023  Well first and foremost I’ll start with wishing you all a belated ‘Merry Christmas’ and as ‘Happy’ a ‘New Year’ as is possible given the circumstances.  2022 was a dismal year for many people.  The impact of global warming was felt across the whole world, from the richest parts of the world in the…
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WHAT A STATE WE’RE IN!

16th November 2022 WHAT A STATE WE’RE IN! In the two months since I last wrote the state of the nation that is (n’t) the UK has gone from bad to worse in every way imaginable.  Truss’s politically ideological and economic gamble saw the UK’s economy trashed, relegated to the status of an emerging third-world…
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WELL WHAT A WEEK THAT WAS!

15th September 2022 WELL WHAT A WEEK THAT WAS! We woke on Monday last week knowing that the self-imposed Tory Party navel gazing would finally come to an end and the 160,000 ‘ish Conservative and Unionist Party membership would decide, on all our behalves, who the next Prime Minister would be.  It was disgraceful that…
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REGARDLESS OF HOW YOU LOOK AT THINGS THE UK IS FUCKED!

1st August 2022 REGARDLESS OF HOW YOU LOOK AT THINGS THE UK IS FUCKED! As the Tory Party go about deciding who our next Prime Minister will be one thing remains crystal clear – the UK is fucked!  Hopefully the whole process will see them self-implode – we can but hope! After over a decade…
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IS IT ME OR IS THE UK

15th June 2022 When will he get found out and sent packing?  So the liar survived the vote of confidence but he remains a dead man walking.  The bye-elections in the next couple of weeks will find him out and I fully expect the Tories to be booted out of Wakefield and Taunton & Honiton. …
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Honour’s too trite to mention

15th April 2022  Apologies for my tardiness ……  I wasn’t shocked to see that I haven’t blogged since New Year’s Eve given the atrocities that are unveiling themselves in Ukraine but I do apologise for my tardiness – although I do have my reasons and/or excuses as you will soon discover.  In truth the tragedy…
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