Rishi Sunak has announced a General Election for the 4th of July 2024. The date took everyone by surprise. He was expected to wait until November to give the economy a chance to recover to the point that The Bank of England reduces interest rates. It would also have allowed the first flights deporting unfortunates …
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Goin’ back to New Orleans
2024 will be a significant year in a number of ways. Hopefully it will see the end of 14 years of Tory government. This miserable period has seen no less than five Prime Ministers! David Cameron, Theresa May, Boris Johnson, Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak. The British public have been subjected to almost continuous austerity. …
Talkin’ bout a resolution
It’s been 9 months or so since I last wrote a blog. Nine months is the gestation period of humans. I can’t promise anything quite so miraculous but can assure you that the act of conception for this piece will take an awful lot longer than that of the average male. It seems appropriate at …
Hangin’ with the Horse punchers
Well, it’s March and Spring is on the way. We’ve had another mild winter in the North West thus far. I think we’ve only had snow once on Walney Island. This week has seen the first anniversary of the war in Ukraine. Hundreds and thousands of lives have been lost. Cities and homes have been …
How was 2022 for you?
It’s difficult to know where to start when looking back over 2022. There were many positives; Caitlin moved into a new flat in Crosby, North Liverpool for her final year at University. It’s much, much better than the student accomodation she had in her first two years and is a much shorter drive to her …
Muvember
It’s December which means that Christmas pretty much dominates. Shops play nauseating Christmas songs endlessly, Television adverts compete to liberate viewers from their hard earned cash and electricity bills are boosted by decorative lights everywhere. This year will be especially tough for many. Liz Truss’ short but disastrous reign as British Prime Minister has tanked …
On the road again
Well we made it. After Covid thwarted our USA holiday twice, it finally went ahead. I was nervous up until we were checked in and sat in the departure lounge waiting to board. I had watched many TV reports showing chaotic scenes from Manchester airport over the summer months. I thought that as Schools had …
Wondrous stories
Today is the end of my third week back in work after the Christmas break. Someone on Twitter described January as a 74 day month and man, I know what they mean. Boris Johnson dominates the news with tawdry tales of Downing Street parties breaking lockdown refusing to go away. A monumental piss up at …
Déjà vu – 2021, same old shit again
Today is the 1st January 2022 so it feels like an appropriate time to review 2021. The whole year has been dominated, haunted even, by COVIS. I don’t mind wearing masks in shops, don’t object to wearing them to enter pubs and restaurants and I’m more than happy to wear them in work. The thing …
Mingin’ – Rescued by a return to live music
It is only a few short weeks since I took my first tentative steps back into blogging. I was a little disappointed with my last effort. I was writing about a great holiday and a great subject but felt I hadn’t rediscovered my blogging Mojo. Since then I have attended a CRAFT Club meeting which …
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