Category Archives: Politics

94 Days

Posted on July 29, 2019 by Guthlac

This morning I watched the latest episode of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver and it was mostly about Boris Johnson and Brexit.   Whilst it had the usual shapely observed whit about Boris I felt the overall damning assessment of … Continue reading →

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96 Days

Posted on July 27, 2019 by Guthlac

Who is the biggest Cock of the Brexit Midden?    

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97 Days

Posted on July 26, 2019 by Guthlac

After the dust has started to settle just a little from the shock of a Boris Johnson Premiership what are the first trends that are starting to appear?   The first and probably only trend is that this is a Government … Continue reading →

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98 Days

Posted on July 25, 2019 by Guthlac

  It’s a new dawn it’s a new day* Boris Johnson A statement that has as much accuracy as the recent Kiper story.   One good thing driving around the south east Leicestershire countryside this morning is that you realise that … Continue reading →

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Boris – some clarification…

Posted on July 24, 2019 by Guthlac

So he now has his hands on power.  I wish him well because if Britain is to succeed then it must have a successful Prime Minister.   My problem with Bori is that I don’t think he is up to the … Continue reading →

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99 Days…

Posted on July 24, 2019 by Guthlac

  The two photographs I have made today to celebrate (?) the elevation of Boris Johnson to the Premiership of the United Kingdom of Great britain and Northern Ireland can so easily be read as a metaphor of what I … Continue reading →

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I do hope Boris can count…..

Posted on July 18, 2019 by Guthlac

‘Tis the seasons for all things silly so I guess that may well be one of the reasons that we are likely to get Boris Johnson as the next Prime Minister.   The Conservative press seem to be getting all excited … Continue reading →

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How dare the Brits do something so stupid?….Post Script

Posted on July 14, 2019 by Guthlac

It is sometimes very difficult to define what being British means:   Do you have to be English, Welsh or even Irish to be British?   It’s is very unsatisfactory. The answer to that question is of course Yes. Don’t believe me?  … Continue reading →

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How dare the Brits do something so stupid?….Pt 2

Posted on July 13, 2019 by Guthlac

Yesterday I wrote a piece about Brexit and Ireland – nothing new there – and how the political class in the Republic of Ireland, as represented by the Irish Times podcast Inside Politics, are starting to realise that for all … Continue reading →

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How dare the Brits do something so stupid?….

Posted on July 12, 2019 by Guthlac

The Irish Times podcast Inside Politics is always entertaining as well as being informative.   Since I started listening I have brushed up on my understanding of the Republic of Ireland political landscape and the one thing that has struck me … Continue reading →

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