Category Archives: Politics

The in tray Prime Minister…you’ll need a stiff drink

Posted on July 15, 2016 by Guthlac

So we have a new government…well sort of if you don’t look too closely.  Perhaps a better way to describe what has just happened is new emphasis by the same people.  Cynical? Only slightly I suspect.  So what do the … Continue reading →

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Good luck to the new PM…we’ll all need it.

Posted on July 13, 2016 by Guthlac

I know I predicted that Theresa May would become Prime Minister before anyone else (I get few things right so I am surely just a little time to crow about this so I am going to enjoy that.  There that … Continue reading →

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Calling an Election…it just ain’t going to happen.

Posted on July 11, 2016 by Guthlac

Here we go again…just as we have chosen the new Prime Minister (PM) in a very British fashion the media is getting its knickers in a twist about a new election to give the new Prime Minister ‘legitimacy’.  If we … Continue reading →

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Pushme Pullyou

Posted on July 5, 2016 by Guthlac

Another day another step along the insane path we seem to be heading at the moment.   The Guardian paper is slowly melting under the total amount of loathing they are printing or publishing on line for the current situation. … Continue reading →

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What to Say…what not to say?

Posted on July 3, 2016 by Guthlac

It is just over a week since that night and we are still in a crazy fantasy world.   One side appears to be in total denial and the other just doesn’t seem to understand what has happened.,  I will … Continue reading →

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The world has gone bonkers

Posted on June 30, 2016 by Guthlac

Well Boris Johnson has shafted the whole country – too strong maybe but I’ll get onto that in a moment.   He has decided not to stand for leader of the Conservative party.  It was the conventional wisdom that the … Continue reading →

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Uncertain

Posted on June 29, 2016 by Guthlac

These images were captured a week ago today and they already look like they were in another country, another time.  Since they were made the roof has collapsed on everything that seems to pass as normality in Britain.   Some … Continue reading →

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Second Thoughts

Posted on June 26, 2016 by Guthlac

Having slept on things I now have a better sense of where Britain is after the most monumental 24 hours in political history for an awful long time and I have to say it is clear that no one really … Continue reading →

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Some first thoughts

Posted on June 24, 2016 by Guthlac

So we have voted to leave the European Union (EU) by a small but significant margin.  For anyone who has been reading this blog over the months will know that I want to Remain but the people have spoken and … Continue reading →

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Whatever your views – VOTE

Posted on June 23, 2016 by Guthlac

Two years ago I stood in the market place at Boston, Lincolnshire and I felt positive about the world.  The sun was shining, the coalition was still in power and I thought that the chances of a referendum on the … Continue reading →

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