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As others may know, always been a keen Brexiteer, but I'm finding some of the rhetoric flying around at the moment to be a bit uncomfortable, for example, this morning's headlines in the Express read,...
Boris Johnson has been branded “remarkably childish” after the prime minister name-checked Kermit the Frog in a speech about climate change. Addressing the UN General Assembly in New York, Johnson was...
https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1495809/joe-biden-donald-trump-poll-us-news-latest I can't think of any former leader doing that & in such a short time too. Afghanistan debacle & now 11,000...
… by a temporary visa system for foreign drivers? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-58673567 I thought a certain Swift character known for his travels might have beaten me to this one ;-) At least...
"The British Retail Consortium" Which represents all the major food and retail chains in the UK. Has said it expects to see food shortages and more empty shelves by the end of this week. This is no...
https://news.sky.com/story/amazon-is-lobbying-the-us-government-to-legalise-cannabis-12414216
...."disproportionately impacts people of colour"." - seriously? why is that allowed?...
With gas prices going through roof and being held to ransom by foreign governments its absolutely ludicrous that we are not making the most of the shale gas under our feet. Ignore the idiotic eco...
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-58417076 **Services may have to be cut unless NHS England receives an extra £10bn in funding next year, groups representing the health service have warned.** I can...
The Dunn family whose 19 y old was flattened by an American Diplomat, have reached a civil settlement with the Driver. She was the one who fled back to America waving her diplomatic passport. ( OK...
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-58637086
....I like the current system we were able to get Agent Cob elected, can't be bad! What do our resident Labour supporters think?...
Jennifer Arcuri is to give evidence to "The London Assembly" about her role on Trade missions when Boris was Mayor of London.......Questions will to be asked about the £126,000 Boris gave her for...