An individual from a dysfunctional family joined in matrimony to a person from another equally dysfunctional family – a most Royal wedding indeed?

  Lunchtime a week ago yesterday brought onto the television screens of the World, the eagerly anticipated and awaited grandiose wedding of Britain’s Prince Harry [33] and American actress Meghan Markle [36], didn’t it? The couple were conferred with the title of ‘Duke and Duchess of Sussex’ by the Queen that very day – only the second […]

King Richard III of England – a rightful impressive valid funeral or a ludicrous farcical expensive pantomime?

  The British are world beaters at the elaborate pageantry and pomp of State ceremonies. Year upon year, event after event, they all go swimmingly well, providing glorious spectacle after spectacle. Big public occasions watched in person by amazed thousands, seen on television by mesmerised millions from all around the World, and promulgated & beloved […]

A ‘Fixed Term’ United Kingdom Parliament – utter stupidity at work?

 tired out MPs? The Tory led coalition government wasted no time on assuming power in 2010 to bring in ‘unannounced’ and ‘un-mandated’ legislation to invoke a fixed length parliament of five years. This move has overturned centuries of tradition involving the British House of Commons. Why you might ask? Who wanted it you might ponder […]

British Democracy – Dead as a Dodo?

The Dodo went extinct over three hundred years ago, but when was the ultimate demise of our Country’s democracy? Indeed have we ever really had any true democracy here? Or was it just a desert type mirage? Oh yes, we have all got the vote nowadays, BUT we still have no real say, have we? […]

Destruction of the World’s Wildlife – is ‘Homo sapiens’ next on the list?

A host of the World’s species are becoming endangered. A lot of species have already become extinct – that means that they are gone forever, disappeared so they will never be seen again by mankind, exterminated from the habitats they had survived in, possibly for a hundred thousand years, and many then suffered their final […]

Baby Born – Wow!

A baby boy has been born into a family on public benefits (despite the fact that the father has a well paid job)  – a child destined for a life of riches and untold privileges, all paid for by YOU (if you actually pay your taxes!). Said to be worth hundreds of millions! An amazing […]