Category Archives: Politics

100 days – we need to talk about Donald

Posted on February 16, 2017 by Guthlac

One Hundred Days…such a catchy number 100.  Not 99 or 101 but 100.   Everything is now broken down to 100 days.  Of course the number is somewhat arbitrary and I believe it is meant to have some reference to … Continue reading →

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Its the way you make me

Posted on February 15, 2017 by Guthlac

I felt like making a drawing this evening…so this is what I came up with…a more productive use of my time than following the crazy performing circus that seems to have taken hold in 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.  I really cannot … Continue reading →

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What happens if there isn’t a European Union to leave?

Posted on February 13, 2017 by Guthlac

Rule Britannia, Britannia rules the waves… I enjoy singing (poetic licence here I think) this patriotic anthem with the rest of my countrymen and women.   To me it also seems to encapsulate the buchennering free trading utopia that many … Continue reading →

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Another day in a Hanseatic Port – Welcome to the Ironic Cultural Capital of Europe

Posted on February 3, 2017 by Guthlac

WARNING:-  This post contains Alternative Facts. Welcome to the 2017 European City of Culture (An European Union (EU) sponsored event) – Kingston upon Hull.  I visited the city yesterday with my good friend David Manley and found a city not … Continue reading →

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What if Donald Trump works?

Posted on February 1, 2017 by Guthlac

Over the past few days I have read an awful lot of outpouring of hate towards the new President of the United States.   Many people have compared him to the second coming of Hitler (this is only slightly exaggerated … Continue reading →

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Naive or cynical – your choice

Posted on January 30, 2017 by Guthlac

So we’ve had just over a week of President Trump – what lessons can be learnt from this experience?   Firstly, it is far too early to draw any hard conclusions – all new presidencies make mistakes based on incorrect … Continue reading →

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Oh Gideon

Posted on January 30, 2017 by Guthlac

Yesterday I wrote about how the women have taken over the British political landscape.  Today it is all about one of the scoundrels that has been ousted by the the people’s coup – George Osborne.  Over the past few days … Continue reading →

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It’s a woman’s world

Posted on January 29, 2017 by Guthlac

In Britain at the moment we have the unusual position that the two most powerful politicians in the Isles are women and surprise surprise they are both, in their own ways, making a good job of the pretty rubbish hand … Continue reading →

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Are we ready you this?

Posted on January 22, 2017 by Guthlac

So it has happened…and seeing as stirring rhetoric is no longer in vogue…we’re Fucked!

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Standards

Posted on January 18, 2017 by Guthlac

Yesterday the British Prime Minister made a speech about Brexit which I thought set out the Britain’s position on their relationship with Europe going forward.  I could not see the continuation of membership of the single market once I had … Continue reading →

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