It is 50 years since Britain’s first Race Relations Act was passed, banning racial discrimination in public places, but it has become a common and effective ploy to denigrate with impunity, someone’s character by labelling them as a “racist”, hasn’t it? Yes, while in this Country people cannot get away with making damaging tenuous accusations […]
Over three years ago, a post here identified the problem of our police forces’ downward spiral caused by cutbacks [The UK Police ‘underfunded’ and ‘under resourced’….], and six months ago another post here covered the fact that the problems had got unbelievably worse, that knife crime was out-of-control, and it suggested the background reasons [England’s […]
symbol Yin (dark) Yang (light) Many of us will know that next Tuesday, 5th February is the start of Chinese New Year [the year of the Brown Pig indeed]. Now while we in the West have our New Year on a specific (Gregorian) calendar date of 1st January, the date of the Chinese one varies […]
Many will be confused about the result of last week’s UK local elections, won’t they? Yep, you see ALL the main parties have claimed “success”, and the non-mentally challenged amongst us know quite well that that just can’t be right, can it? In all honesty, the only thing that really happened was the ‘not-unexpected’ […]
British Exit from the European Union [BREXIT] was decided-on by the UK population in a unique Referendum held on 23 June 2016, after the Parliament at Westminster had finally acceded that particular major constitutional decision to the general public voters. Despite the Government’s dire warnings that leaving the EU would harm both the […]
A decade ago the LibDems said ‘the people should have a say’ the UKs ‘joining’ EU stamps the EU puzzle misfit The undeniable fact is that the UK never ever fitted into the European Union project. Indeed, back in 1973 when by a large majority the UK voted to ‘remain’ in the European Common Market […]
Hunt the next leader? – therein lies electoral death and destruction of the Conservative Party? Well, well, well, last October a post was published here “It is said that Prime Minister Theresa May is planning a Cabinet reshuffle – will that save her skin? that outlined the problems our embattled PM Theresa May faced that […]
Criminalistics Mugshot line-up [To paraphrase a Shakespeare idiom ‘A plague on ALL your houses’]
The EU well might be viewed in the same light as Dante’s journey through Hell, Purgatory, and Heaven as depicted in the epic ancient poem Divine Comedy, where above the gates of Hell are inscribed with the proverb ‘Abandon Hope All Ye Who Enter Here’ In this poem, Hell is depicted as nine concentric […]
Any Member State may decide to withdraw from the Union in accordance with its own constitutional requirements. A Member State which decides to withdraw shall notify the European Council of its intention. In the light of the guidelines provided by the European Council, the Union shall negotiate and conclude an agreement with that […]
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