Tag Archives: Donald Trump

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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Oops I did it again….the continuing Brexit Saga

Posted on October 13, 2016 by Guthlac

One part of me is finding the whole unravelling of the Brexit vote quite funny, another  findings the whole thing saddening whilst a third makes me feel quite angry.   Let me recap:  In June 2016 Great Britain voted to … Continue reading →

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I’ve had enough now….it is not funny anymore

Posted on October 2, 2016 by Guthlac

It was fun for a while like the happy drunk in his twenties…however as the years went on the things that seemed so likeable in the past are just annoying and only he now seems to be the only one … Continue reading →

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Jeremy Corbyn is the New Prime MInister – you should never say never….

Posted on September 27, 2016 by Guthlac

So the election in the Labour party is over and Jeremy Corbyn has been reelected with a larger majority.   He has now put the Labour party onto an election footing with an expectation of a new election sometime in … Continue reading →

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Can the Cannot?

Posted on September 25, 2016 by Guthlac

So we are now in a post post Corbyn era.  The Labour party has overwhelmingly supported Jeremy Corbyn as their leader and good luck to them.   Their narrative is that he represents a better way to run the country … Continue reading →

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Tears of a clown…

Posted on August 8, 2016 by Guthlac

The one thing that is certain, I don’t have a vote in the forthcoming United States of America presidential election.  This doesn’t mean however that I don’t have an interest in the outcome.   Unlike what many of ‘the Donald’s’ … 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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