Author Archives: theqbitblogger

My wife suffers from dyslexia and often misreads the written word but she makes up in eloquence with her spoken word. Anyone might be forgiven if one misreads the title of this blog. Statues are being torn down as I write , Statues of the famous and infamous of history. Statute is a legislative decreeContinue reading “Statue and Statute”

Despite the ravages of Covid 19 certainly in the UK residential markets I do not expect to see any huge drop in residential property values. The twin acrow props of low interest rates and short supply will ensure that values remain static. UK will not be on the move and unless Vendors have to sellContinue reading “Knockdown won’t follow Lockdown.”

Amazon is one of the largest Companies in the world and was founded in July 1994 and is soon 26 years old. The Company has revenues per annum in excess of $75b and a Market Cap of $1.3T, T is for Trillion and $1.3T is 1,300 billion dollars. The Founder Jeff Bezos even are settlingContinue reading “Everything Starts Somewhere”

Racism is an issue, that we know. I fear however that I will be labelled a racist because I’m white and in that sense I could be an unknown victim of racism. The fact is I know I’m not racist but I am culturally aware in my dealings. Almost an element of ‘ When inContinue reading “All Lives Matter.”

The Dow Jones Index reached its highest point of 2020 on 12th February 2020 at 29,551. The onslaught of Covid 19 took over 31% off the index and as deaths in the USA reached in excess of 100,000 and lockdown ended the Dow today ended at 27,110, or 8% off it’s high. In Britain theContinue reading “Recalibrate.”

100 years ago the world like today was emerging from a pandemic. It was worse then than today as the Spanish Flu took the lives of 50 million people. In those days life expectancy for men was on average 53.6 years and the 1920’s ushered in a life of abundance. Henry Ford created a MassContinue reading “Model T and Tea Bags”

The riot flames from Floyd again remind us that our world no matter how far we as mankind have come, are with all our issues the fuel of every fire. Riots have occurred throughout history. The displacement of circa 14 million people during the 1947 partition of India caused deaths of up to 2 millionContinue reading “The Riot that’s Mankind.”

I was reading my school report earlier from July 1963 and I received 91% for Writing. Mathematics was good as well at 92%. Hand Crafts was lousy at 31% and Behaviour outside class, poor. Not much has changed except , when in Britain did we depart from the Imperial measurement feet and inches to metresContinue reading “What Planet Am I On ?”

At Hong Kong handover party in 1997 I told Tony Blair that Britain will become the Hong Kong of Europe. People thought I had lost the plot and I suggested then that we should give any disgruntled Hong Kong people a UK passport. Post Brexit and recent events the reality of this took a stepContinue reading “The Hong Kong of Europe”

The Capitalist system created officially in the 19th Century gave us choice and freedom of choice. In the 20th Century we moved from horse and cart to mass transit systems high speed motorways, shopping malls and multi cuisine dining. Brands developed in cars, fashion, sports teams and education. The Arts multiplied sponsored often by capitalists.Continue reading “We go back to Black.”