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• Multicultural , rich in history. • Array of choice is real democracy. Let’s use it not abuse it. • from Wimbledon to Twickenham, From Wembley to Walthamstow, from Hampden to Hampstead , from Henley to Ascot we have Sport. • Sunday roast in Pubs , Yorkshire puddings and lashings of gravy. • British humour.Continue reading “10 things right with Britain”

• The NHS is an absolutely fantastic service with an incredible hard working employee workforce . It is our biggest employer and its budget is £189 billion per annum. It’s free to use for everyone. It maintains , repairs us all but does not make any profit. Unsustainable comes to mind • Drivers are wantedContinue reading “The 10 things wrong with Britain”

‘ In England’s green and pleasant land ‘ are lines from the William Blake poem of 1808 and designed to evoke pride and National identity. Emotively produced in the song Jerusalem by William Parry . That England may well be long gone as the builders create more and more houses for more and more people,Continue reading “Greenlands.”

The UK Government are £2.8 trillion in debt. That’s 2.8 thousand billion pounds. The cost to borrow the money is £2 billion a week. Who owns the debt ? About 70% is borrowed from Pension Funds , Insurance Companies and Individuals in UK. That’s £1.4 billion a week to pay back into the economy. TheContinue reading “Debt to Society”

Seeing this morning the above entrance to a restaurant I thought of the marvel of English language. Drop off is a phrasal verb. Drop is from the ancient German word for drip ( dropfen ) James Bond and other spies had a drop off point as well as meaning about to fall asleep. It’s alsoContinue reading “Drop Off”

As I look across the Bosphorous this cloudy February morning ideas come from Istanbul. Hardly surprising when one reflects upon the history of this city , Byzantium, Constantinople . Istanbul. The latter root name from the Greek ‘ stinpolis ‘ or ‘ to the City ‘ Indeed to the city many have been and todayContinue reading “Ideas from Istanbul”

T is for Trump, T is for Tariff , his favourite word. Ok so Mexico , Canada export their goods to USA and big T adds 25% to the cost. The USA buyers pay it , invariably the senders sell less, the Yanks pay more for their chosen fancy. Who wins ? Well the ideaContinue reading “The T Word”

The Pie Circle shows the individuals nations stock market size in 1899 and 125 years later in 2024. This was sent to me by a very good overseas friend of mine today. He remarked sadly of the decline of the UK. Those that went twice to war in Europe France , Germany and Britain barelyContinue reading “Uk in Decline”

In 1784 Jean Paul Egide Martini wrote the song Plasir d’amour ( the joy of love ) for Marie Antoinette at the French Court of King Louis. This song of love performed by many artists reached its high point with the Elvis Presley adaptation in 1961 ‘ Can’t help falling in love ‘ . InContinue reading “The Joy of Love.”

The last Capital Punishment in the UK was in 1964 and was completely banned following Human Rights Legislation in 1988. The argument against execution was that mistakes could and were made. That’s a very good reason to have stopped these. However the triple murders of the three little girls in Southport is a watershed moment.Continue reading “Capital Punishment.”