Tag Archives: politics

Hustings in the Ridings…

Posted on March 26, 2025 by Guthlac

There is something very familiar taking place in the largest country in North America – Canada. They are holding a general election. Joy of Joys they use almost the same system as we do except the constituencies are known as … Continue reading →

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I Wish Those Days….

Posted on September 22, 2024 by Guthlac

Well thank you Storm Boris – you wet me well! Talking about Storm Boris I understand the other Boris is flogging his new book by giving a talk together with Waterstones at the Bridgewater Hall, Manchester. Now seeing as this … Continue reading →

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General Election Reflection No. 1 – Loveless Landslide

Posted on July 7, 2024 by Guthlac

So here it is the first attack on the incredible Labour victory – attack the percentage of the vote. Now I don’t remember the Daily Mail complaining about the size of the percentage of the vote cast over the previous … Continue reading →

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Incredible Shrinking Boris…

Posted on June 17, 2023 by Guthlac

Oh how the mighty do fall. It wasn’t too long ago that there was 10 years of Boris as PM. Now? Well it is far from certain what his new role is other than destroy the current iteration of a … Continue reading →

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The Stench of Decay…

Posted on March 8, 2023 by Guthlac

Is it me or is there really there the smell of rot and decay hanging over our current ruling elite? They really are well past their sell by date and should be thrown out. Yet there they sit slowly poisoning … Continue reading →

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Gone, Gone and Gone….

Posted on February 16, 2023 by Guthlac

Life is brutal – politics doubly so. Just over three years ago the political party leaders of Britain’s main parties, in their own different ways, controlling all they surveyed. Now they are all gone. Some more quickly than others – … Continue reading →

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The Craziness Starts Here….

Posted on September 23, 2022 by Guthlac

Not the best start to one of the more significant Parliamentary events of recent times – Jacob Rees-Mogg having to make a non apology to the Speaker of the House of Commons because, basically, Jacob didn’t think he need to … Continue reading →

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53 Days

Posted on September 8, 2019 by Guthlac

  So the latest news in the happy horror show of British politics is that the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is going to break the law and not ask for an extension … Continue reading →

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Much a to do about nothing

Posted on April 10, 2016 by Guthlac

So we are at the end of a shocking week when we found out that some very dodgy characters did some very dodgy things to try and hide their possibly ill gotten gains.   And whilst this has made a … Continue reading →

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Jeremy Corbyn – silly season story?

Posted on July 22, 2015 by Guthlac

So schools out and so we are heading towards the time of year when some silly stories appear in newspapers desperate to fill column inches – well at least that was the case up until we all went digital.   … Continue reading →

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