Still without the £100 million royal yacht – presumably with its poop beaten gold and purple sails – which he and Boris Johnson agree would significantly boost the soft power of this country, Liam Fox continued this week on his flabby mission to make Britain a great global trading nation regardless. On a visit to Southeast Asia he stopped by…
I like to think (and the sooner the better!) of a cybernetic meadow where mammals and computers live together in mutually programming harmony like pure water touching clear sky. I like to think (right now, please!) of a cybernetic forest filled with pines and electronics where deer stroll peacefully past computers as if they were flowers with spinning blossoms. I…
So Cadbury, Britain’s tastiest success story, a small family business selling coffee and cocoa drinks which grew to become one of the world’s most renowned chocolatiers, stands accused of defiling Easter. Two thousand years ago Jesus died to save our sins, and no matter how sticky or jumped up on sugar, lest you or I or indeed any of us forget….
Just when everything seemed to be running so smoothly! For months the House of Commons has been more than compliant, after a brief stand on moral grounds the Lords too meekly wilted, and with the claim of the Supreme Court swiftly abated, Article 50 was finally triggered. Brexit was well and truly underway. Theresa May sent her six-page letter to Brussels,…
It was ‘The Ultimate Thrill Ride’ on ‘The Grandest Stage of Them All’, ‘The Show of Shows’, ‘The Showcase of the Immortals’, ‘The Greatest Spectacle in Sports Entertainment’. Adding to the list on an annual basis, this year’s WrestleMania had almost as many taglines as spectators. Almost – but not quite. For WrestleMania 33, which took place at the Camping…
In reducing a British marine’s murder conviction to manslaughter, allowing him to be released from prison in a matter of weeks, the Court Martial Appeal Court and the guilty party, Alexander Blackman, have ruthlessly dispatched any notion of ethics in war. The incident Blackman was tried for took place in Helmand Province on 15 September 2011, as part of the British…
Aries (20 March – 19 April) A discovered penny marginally improves your finances. * * * Taurus (19 April – 20 May) Blah, blah, blah, something about Mercury is making you awful verbose. *** Gemini (20 May – 20 June) Too much sugar is filling your dreams full of marshmallows, where you bounce and tumble about and get very little done….
Before the referendum and after, for those British citizens who in their infinite wisdom wished to see their country wave goodbye to the irksome EU, ‘control’ served as a useful byword for ‘immigration’. It turned a negative into a positive in one fell swoop: for instead of demanding an end to ‘uncontrolled’ immigration, one could assert control as a right,…
Welcome to contemporary British politics! A realm of raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens, bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens, brown paper packages tied up with string, and more and all and only your very favourite things; where little shops, china cups, and virginity are each saved and strawberry jam served in all of its varieties; a veritable world…
Theresa May might be about to invoke Article 50, but for better or worse we’ve known it for months. Nicola Sturgeon met with the Prime Minister as May’s whistle-stop tour of the United Kingdom reached Scotland, but with Brexit underway Scottish independence seems inevitable, so let the ladies do their talking and who are we to fuss? Aren’t we all a little…
