Category Archives: Politics

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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It is a Silly Place….

Posted on May 25, 2024 by Guthlac

I’m trying very very hard to take this election seriously. I can’t. Perhaps when things really get going I might but somehow I doubt it. Instead I made this – not sure what is it saying about me nor the … Continue reading →

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Let the Madness Begin…

Posted on May 22, 2024 by Guthlac

So the Prime Minister, for at least the next 6 weeks, has lit the blue touch paper. The General Election is go. I’m sure I might have a few things to add to the noise over the next few weeks. … Continue reading →

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Well Look Who is Back …

Posted on April 26, 2024 by Guthlac

Hubris is a great political teacher. Yesterday my great friend and I spent the day consuming art and talking politics. We discussed many subjects dealing with matters of the day from the forthcoming UK general election to inevitably ‘the Donald‘. … Continue reading →

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