Oct 032017
 
Playing in the Public Spending Money-Pit

Money-Pit A public spending money-pit is sticky, like the La Brea tar pits, … and you don’t get change. What about the recent Big Ben repairs? Imagine, the cost doubles to £61M and we hear hushed words explaining that a “better understanding” of the situation (after the fact) is the reason the costs doubled. History […]

Jun 092017
 
Our Broken Land - a Feary Tale of Politics, Greed and Deceit

A feary tale is like a fairy tale only scary and all too real. 

Dec 202016
 
Brexit, crossroads of confusion: built by a parcel of ignorant, inept, dishonest rogues

Do I believe in Brexit? NO
Do I believe in Bremain? NO
The trap is believing in either. We need factual, clear and objective thinking before opting for any course of action.

Jun 072016
 
Should We Stay or Should We Go? “BrEXIT” or “BreMAIN” New Info (to me)

… should we, as a country, decide to Bremain (if we can) then this (assuming accuracy) may help our thinking.

May 242016
 
Land Registry and other UK asset sales … who steals our golden goose?

Short term issues drive out the long with no guarantee of good or honest decision making

Apr 112016
 
Immigration – The Unaccountable in Pursuit of the Ineligible

In moments there is a row of scared workers, including British, EU and non-EU citizens in full view of the diners. They are searched, finger-printed and interrogated.

Jul 302015
 
Standards of Incompetence

There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics. Benjamin Disraeli Says Who? I thought M J Maroney said: there’s lies, damned lies, and statistics. But did he? When I checked the source out it was attributed to: Mark Twain, Benjamin Disraeli and one Leonard H Courtney. I opted for Disraeli, after all, he was a politician and must have known […]

Jul 242015
 

Within days, investigator Sam Duncan and his wily minder Tonka face a gruesome trail of violence (video), murder and duplicity.

Jul 042015
 
Human Kindness in 4 Ideas

Recompense injury with justice, and recompense kindness with kindness – Confucius Human Kindness … Where’d it go How many awful, cruel, dishonest and utterly nasty people have enraged you recently? Where’s their human kindness? Watching the banking and political scandals always generates heat for me yet, of course there are many (at face value) nice people […]

A drop of the hard stuff (video)

 
A drop of the hard stuff (video)

The Angels’ Share series Whisky? corruption, murder, mystery and people you’ll care about