Category Archives: Politics

All Alone

Posted on November 19, 2016 by Guthlac

Two things happened this week that really proved that the world has moved on.   The first was the first speech that Hillary Clinton made after her defeat.   I haven’t got a clue what she was saying but she … Continue reading →

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Under the shadows

Posted on November 18, 2016 by Guthlac

One of the things you tend to forget about London is that you have to walk an awful lot.    Yes you could take a Taxi but you would miss so much.   Yesterday, my friend David and I spent … Continue reading →

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Not in my name

Posted on November 14, 2016 by Guthlac

I haven’t got the first clue as to what Sir Winston Churchill was like.   I was a young boy when he died but what I do know he was held in the highest regard by all my aunts,  uncles and … Continue reading →

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Hubris

Posted on November 13, 2016 by Guthlac

The city of Leicester has the graves of two men who fell foul of ambition and hubris and between them did more to usher in the modern world in which we live – although neither would have known this as … Continue reading →

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Perfect Illusion

Posted on November 11, 2016 by Guthlac

I have been watching the excellent series The Crown on Netflix which, for those of you how might be aware, documents the first few years of the reign of Queen Elizabeth 2nd.   Perhaps it should have been called the … Continue reading →

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Old Man Look at My Eyes

Posted on November 10, 2016 by Guthlac

24 hours on I think the person who appears to be most surprised by his victory is probably Donald Trump.  I suspect I am reading far too much into his acceptance speech but I got the impression that enormity of … Continue reading →

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Unknown Unknowns….

Posted on November 9, 2016 by Guthlac

So there we have it – Donald J. Trump has been elected President of the United States of America.   I thought that there was a 60% chance that Mrs Clinton would have made it over the line whereas Trump … Continue reading →

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Some more thoughts on the Brexit nonsense

Posted on November 8, 2016 by Guthlac

I really cannot state enough just how thin skinned some of the Brexiteers are.   They won the referendum and Britain is going to leave the EU yet this doesn’t seem to be good enough for them.   Instead they … Continue reading →

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Another day another fine mess we seem to be getting ourselves into

Posted on November 3, 2016 by Guthlac

It seems that when the history of the Brexit saga is finally written today maybe seen as the day we finally walked through the looking glass and declared that we are no longer in Kansas (too many mixed metaphors I think). Today … Continue reading →

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Oh Digby…when in a hole…

Posted on October 28, 2016 by Guthlac

Because I’m that sort of person I watch the late night political programme This Week – I really shouldn’t but is an insomniac to do?   In truth the programme is just a little past its best and something new … Continue reading →

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