With all of the resignations, dismissals and new appointments happening in the Brown government, the melodrama that has been unfolding at Number 10 has unfortunately taken some of the spotlight away from what was argubly one of the saddest days in British politics.
I’m so disappointed yet not surprised by the BNP’s two seat win in last week’s European elections, what with the MP’s expenses fiasco, a credit crunch that doesn’t seem to be getting any better and media fear mongering regarding immigration, it’s small wonder that some of the electorate is feeling marginalised by the mainstream parties. However the BNP is not the answer and a vote for them is a vote against so much of what makes Britain truly great.
For more regarding this very disturbing issue, see below a link to a piece I wrote in The Sun newspaper.
In a recent article in The NewYorker, Malcom Gladwell proclaimed that were living in time of the underdog, and reality TV on both sides of the Atlantic is anything to go by, I’m inclined to agree. In the last couple of weeks we’ve had two major upsets in the Read more
Someone had to walk over the MPs expenses fiasco and unfortunately for Speaker of the House of Commons Michael Martin it was him. Things didn’t look too rosy for the veteran Glasgow MP when he steadfastly refused to entertain any discussion of his own future during a Commons statement Read more
Over the last week two separate controversial storms have been brewing on both sides of the Atlantic involving - shock horror - politicians being dishonest! In the UK we have the revolting scenario of some MPs using their expenses to claim everything from tennis courts in their homes to mortgages that Read more
I don’t know about you, but I’ve been looking at the thirtieth anniversary commentary on Margaret Thatcher becoming prime minister with a sense of shock. Not, like some, saying why all the praise, but just thinking where did the time go?
I’m not quite old enough Read more
The hottest story on both sides of the Atlantic has been the phenomenal and inspiring rise of Susan Boyle. Like so many watching, her win on Britain’s Got Talent moved me to tears. Susan’s story is awesome on so many levels, forty-seven and never having left home let alone been Read more
Last week 20 of the world’s biggest economies came together and - shock, horror - actually managed to compromise and agree. Against the backdrop of bitter anti-capitalist protests and Michelle Obama’s style almost stealing the show.
The G20 agreed to pledge 1.1 trillion dollars to boost the global economy with 50 billion Read more
Last weekend tens of thousands of protestors hit the streets of London, Frankfurt, Paris and Rome demanding that the G20 take real action on poverty, climate change and jobs. The London march was organised by Put People First, a coalition of 150 charities. Speakers at the event called for a Read more
This week President Obama wrote a letter to the world urging we come together to fight the financial catastrophe that is sweeping the globe. With the G20 meeting days away, Obama’s call for global action could not be more timely. Echoing the sentiments that Gordon Brown expressed in his speech to Read more
Oh dear yet another lot of W..ker Bankers paying themselves bonus’s courtesy of taxpayers. It seems this level of total p..s taking is happening on both sides of the pond. In the UK there’s the Sir Fred ‘The Shred’ Goodwin fiasco. I’m still trying to figure out how nobody from the government thought to Read more
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