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About Guthlac

An artist, historian and middle aged man who'se aim in life is to try and enjoy as much of it as he can

Super Defeat or Super Majority…

Posted on June 13, 2024 by Guthlac

May 28th, 2010 was a very important day in my life. I didn’t know that at the time but it was. This was the day that the iPad went on sale in the UK and I bought one just after … Continue reading →

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Dawn…

Posted on June 13, 2024 by Guthlac

There is something a little bit special about dawn in the summer. At this time of year it is around 04:00hrs and when the sun comes out there is a stillness. Of course this being 2024 dawn was accompanied by … Continue reading →

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The Unfulfilled Promise

Posted on June 9, 2024 by Guthlac

So next week is manifesto week and it will be the moment that the economic with the truths will be revealed in all their misleading mendacity. This is not a political point it is just a statement of fact. No … Continue reading →

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Black Coffee…

Posted on June 8, 2024 by Guthlac

There are days when you image life cannot get any sillier…then it does. This morning a hapless Conservative minister, Mark Harper, tried to polish the turd that is Rishi Sunak’s D Day appearance and disappearance as not a ‘serious blow‘. … Continue reading →

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Woman’s Work…

Posted on June 7, 2024 by Guthlac

Who’d be Penny Mordant this evening? The Prime Minister we never had? (not sure about that – ed). Tonight she faces Nigel Farage and Angela Rayner in the latest election debate after receiving the hospital pass of hospital passes by … Continue reading →

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Never Reaching the End…

Posted on June 7, 2024 by Guthlac

Another Day Another Anticlimax. The election grumbles on with the Tory share of the vote slowly descending towards, under our voting system, that could be a major extinction event for them. Will it happen? Who knows but as every day … Continue reading →

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The Press Have Their Story…

Posted on June 4, 2024 by Guthlac

Hurrah! The press can wet themselves with excitement. The Podcasts can have a good pod. The court jester of British Politics has taken a few weeks off from trying to make a lot of money in America to occasionally visit … Continue reading →

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Only 4 1/2 weeks to go…

Posted on June 2, 2024 by Guthlac

One of the few funny things about this election is watching the slight panic in the voices of politico journalists as they come to realise that this is it. The election is not, at the moment, really changing anything. The … Continue reading →

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Dad’s Army…

Posted on May 27, 2024 by Guthlac

So the next great idea is to blame the kids for not being patriotic enough. Less we forget that this generation, who are not patriotic enough, have already had a bit of a rough start, with the best part of … Continue reading →

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As Good As it Gets…

Posted on May 26, 2024 by Guthlac

We are not even at the end of the first week of the election campaign and yet Rishi Sunak is on his second or maybe third pep talk to his campaign staff. Certainly not the orthodox way to start a … Continue reading →

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