Taliban

Has it ever known peace, this sad and beautiful land.

Extinction Rebellion

I find it hard to criticize any of the aims of Extinction Rebellion. Almost all of what they advocate accords with my own deeply felt convictions on what is wrong with our world.

Post Scarcity

How many lives lost in competition for scarce resources.

A World Without Money

Imagine a resource based economy, where we revert to nature and make our planet a shared resource rather than one dominated by crooked politicians and greedy capitalists.

The Misnomer of Public “Service”

All too often public “servants” come to serve nothing but their own interests. When entrusted with the property of the … More

The “Influencer”

There can be few callings which I hold is such low esteem as that of the “Influencer”.

Shock and Awe – Battersea Power Station

How small and insignificant I felt grovelling at the foot of this seventh wonder of the world.

Between the Cracks

I am frightened of homeless people.  They remind me how all too easy it is in this world to simply fall between the cracks.

Davos 2019

I lived in Davos-Kosters for years and loved the WEF.

The Great and The Good are neither “Great” nor “Good”.

I have had three occasions recently, which gave me pause for thought about vanity, motive and human stupidity.

Bad News Fatigue

I turned to the Guardian this morning after my Bad Hair Day yesterday, looking for inspiration but need not have bothered.

Communist Manifesto vs Mein Kampf

In today’s Guardian, some dear lady say that she gives the Communist Manifesto out as a gift. 

Division and indoctrination, greed, violence and politics.

Why does society have to be so divisive? Why does political posturing have to increase polarization and seek to indoctrinate?

Meghan Markle’s Royal Knees Up

I am trying to work out in my own mind my exact feelings about Meghan Markle’s Royal Knees Up and the role of the Royal Family in general.

Australia’s lame response to Anwar Ibrahim’s detention

Elaine Pearson (Australia director at Human Rights Watch) states that Australia’s lame response to Anwar Ibrahim’s detention was a mistake.

Utopian descent into Dystopian Horror

All radical and swift changes imposed on society began as Utopian dreams and descended into Dystopian horror.  Need it always be so?

With or without Trump, we must back UN’s education drive

We must ensure that education is not slanted towards any political agenda and is concerned with providing what our children need to make a better world.

Class War in Journalism and Politics

Class War in Journalism and Politics is alive and well.  It is business as usual in Parliament and the news papers.

Conflict in The Middle East

An end to “Conflict in The Middle East” is unlikely to be achieved by conventional and time worn solutions which have achieved nothing over the decades.

We are Slaves to the FANGs

The mighty kings at the FANGs are the modern robber barons. 

Bashing Grammar Schools

“The UK government’s education policies are damaging and benefiting the few. It’s time for a rethink.”

Am I a Guardian Reader?

Do I have what it  takes to be a Guardian Reader?   I have always been desperately keen to say: “yes I am, I’m deeply socialist in moral and ethical terms”.

Euthanasia

Every human should have the right to take his or her own life and the means to do so painlessly and swiftly should be made easily and openly available.

Why I do not read the News

I do not read the news because it is repetitive, dispiriting, boring and irrelevant.

Racism

Racism is most often and probably correctly thought of as a modern phenomenon. 

The Absurdity of Land Ownership

How has it come to pass that a tiny handful own the vast majority of this tiny spaceship we call the Earth?

Poverty in an Infinite Universe?

The universe is infinite and contains infinite matter and yet we are still faced with overwhelming poverty and suffering on a global scale. How come?

Right Honourable Gentlemen

There can hardly be a sight so little edifying as the Right Honourable Gentlemen of the House of Commons in full debate.

Trump – Vulgar or Venal?

President Donald Trump: is he bad or simply an extreme example of vulgarity and brash showmanship?

Is Jacob Rees-Mogg Walter the Softy?

Is Jacob Rees-Mogg Walter the Softy?

War – Why do the Nations rage?

War has its origins in the very first animal life to evolve on earth.