If my last post was not depressing enough, consider these poll findings from Lord Ashcroft: The forecast is very clear. We are facing a Tory
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We are facing the most significant days and weeks in world history since 1945
I have spent rather too much of Sunday pondering upon “what if?” questions. The sense of anxiety that I feel, which I explored in my
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There is a madman in the White House and our government is AWOL
I just posted this on X: I fear Trump will reveal his true level of inanity at the cost to the world, and we’re doing
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If you’re not worried now, when might you ever be?
Trump posted this on his social media account yesterday afternoon: What to think about that? As I suggested in a post yesterday, there must have
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What fascism means for those whose support it seeks
As the New York Times reported on Friday: With the United States at war with Iran and embroiled in conflicts around the world, the White
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a poem about a thing
Steve Pottinger, a poet from Wolverhampton, whose work I like, published this poem yesterday. I share it with his permission, and suggest visiting his site
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Easter vs the political elite
This Easter, the message of hope, renewal, and resurrection stands in direct contradiction to the world being built around us. A narrow elite, which is
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When people of conscience are removed from power, we all need to worry.
As The Telegraph reported yesterday: Pete Hegseth fired the most senior US army officer one month into the war with Iran. The sacking is the latest
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What is this war all about?
As was apparent from the post I made here yesterday about seeing a bittern at the WWT Welney bird reserve, near where I live, I
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