Category: General

The power shift.The extremely wealthy will go on purchasing from the very best shops, otherwise no one would know that they were the very wealthy. The yuppies, with their champagne glass, before taking the tube home, I suspect will be searching the ‘situations vacant’ columns in the press. The middle class, and the lower-middle-class, with… Continue reading The anomolies of the credit crunch

After two months I think I’m back, really, but I’m suspicious enough to be cautious. These days I am very concerned because I worry that we are no longer governed by the Cabinet, but rather by un-elected spin doctors, representatives from the Labour Party and other influences, in order for the existing government to maintain… Continue reading Can we really understand Government policy

To continue the comments on the Olympics written in yesterday’s post, and I hope for the last time. While it was pleasing to see that so many of our own athletes have achieved such success, the number expressing the extreme pressures the training had involved, and the relief of some that it was now over,… Continue reading One last word on the Olympics

Authors note,and 4 questions Being without broadband for about 7 weeks and a telephone for a fortnight, has given me time to reassess the blog. Over a long period I have been unable to see my stats, but my Dutch friend, Jan, was able to tell me that my readership remained relatively stable in all… Continue reading 19.08.08,I am Back at last

I feel rather like an American redwood tree, growing contentedly in a field, and now felled in the name of progress, because it was on the centre line of a new motorway. My current inability to go on the Internet, has given me pause to reassess my future. My daughter is convinced that circumstances are… Continue reading The last post?

Until the the Northern Rock affair I was a relatively happy man and then everything changed. I had built up savings over a period of time so that if the wheels come off we can pay for care. I had no problems writing or posting the blog, and life was relatively uncomplicated. I have previously… Continue reading Please leave us alone

I believe today, the press, en masse, are often allowed to act like a school of sharks in a feeding frenzy with no respect or decorum, even at a PM’s briefing. What I found unbelievable and which spoke volumes was that when asked why he did not pass through the Lobby, he actually answered instead… Continue reading 05.07.08, I’m Apalled

An open letter to the medical staff of the DHSS I would like to confirm that the majority of us consider ourselves very fortunate to enjoy the quality of the Health Service we all have. In attending hospitals since I was about one year old, in the 20s, I have had operations, breakages and in… Continue reading 03.07.08, Three Thoughts

I recently was forced to buy a new computer. Nowadays, it seems that when you get a new computer you get free, sixty-day trial, versions of the latest software. On this new computer I was given Microsoft Office. For over 30 years I have been struggling with each new advancement, from the BBC1, right up… Continue reading 21.06.08, An unpleasant thing happened

My regular readers will have noticed that the rate of posting articles has dropped over the last month, this was because the Press and the Opposition were saying pretty well everything I would have said, and I saw little point in reiterating the obvious, and my e-mail had also made posting a serious problem. It… Continue reading 20.06.08, Author’s Note