6th January 2021 …. And guess what¨ That’s right – he didn’t reply to my first letter, ignored my request, ordered his MP’s to support Johnson’s Brexit deal and hasn’t responded to my second letter, the text of which is below: Sir Keir I wrote to you on 28th December 2020 in effect pleading with…
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Tuesday 29th December 2020 I wrote to Keir Starmer yesterday …. but more on that in a moment. Firstly I hope you’ve all had a good – and Covid safe – Christmas. On Christmas morning we woke up to snow and it’s snowed every day since. Sunday night was a bit of a blizzard and…
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Welcome to my penultimate blog for 2020. Well I say that assuming that I’ll manage to get another one in before the New Year hits us like a Brexit brick in the teeth. I’ll start on a more light-hearted note by announcing the winner of the 2020 Brookesy Literary Award. I have decided to have…
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28th November 2020 What to call this month’s blog? I started writing this blog entry on 16th November but things and events overtook me and I’m now trying to play catch-up (again!). Anyway, as usual, there’s lots to talk about but let’s start with some good personal news – no my legs haven’t grown back…
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23/10/2020 Where do I start with this blog-post, given everything that’s going on in the UK right now with Covid-19 and the appalling way Johnson is imposing his ‘Tiered’ restrictions, especially on my home town of Manchester. I think it’s probably best if I start at the beginning and let my thought processes just develop…
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Read on – the title will become clear 1st October 2020 As I sit here watching the UK news unfold I despair for all you who have to suffer the buffoonery of that man and his Cabinet of Incompetents. Who would have thought that releasing people from lockdown so soon, sending kids back to school…
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The trees here in Creuse are beginning to turn from a verdant green to a more autumnal yellow and the winter will follow along soon enough. With the cold and damp of winter comes the prospect of more death and despair as Covid-19 kicks back in with a vengeance and that that will be the…
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August 2020 Deceit, Deception and Delinquency – Johnson’s 3-D vision of the future. It has to be said that I sit here and write my blog from a protected, indeed privileged position. Karen and I were here well before the 31st December 2020 Brexit deadline so our position here in France is very much secure. …
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22nd July 2020 Where do I start? Well lets start as the heading reads: Despair I sit here in France watching and reading about how Johnson and Cumming’s government rolls out the changes they have started making to the way the UK is run and what I feel is coming down the track for all…
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26th June 2020 Johnson’s handling of the Covid-19 pandemic blunders on, lurching from one disaster to another. My comments in my last blog about the great unwashed thinking lockdown was over was proven correct yesterday with scenes of hordes of people filling Bournemouth and its beach – with absolutely no regard to social distancing! What…
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