The Gathering Storm
Over the last couple of decades, it has become clear that the UK is becoming ungovernable. But it is not the fault of The People. The People have done nothing wrong. A short piece written by Simon...
View ArticleDo Politicians Have a Conscience?
There are reports today of another Labour MP who has left the party. But he has not joined ‘The Independent Group’. He claims to want to see Brexit happen and does not want to ‘betray’ his...
View ArticleMassive Secrecy
PM May: “I take it that this room has been thoroughly scrubbed for espionage devices” Junker: “It has indeed. We have our personal recorders and I am sure that you have. Let us put them on the table....
View ArticleGeneralisations
For some reason that is not understood, Cameron et al decided that ‘plain packaging’ would reduce smoking prevalence, especially among the youth. Most readers will know that the evidence was that youth...
View ArticleBrexit Bribery
How very convenient! A £6 billion plan has been proposed to improve areas in which people voted for Brexit. Those who have done the sums reckon that £6 billion is chicken feed. But will the impression...
View ArticleA List of Tobacco Control Villains
I wish that I had the time and knowledge to create such a list. I would not include people who genuinely believe that smoking causes LC or any other disease, provided that they confined themselves to...
View ArticleNot Much to Talk About
The world has been unusually quiet of the past few days. Yes, there has been much talk about knife crime and how the terrified authorities propose to do nothing very much, but that is fairly routine....
View ArticleThe Brexit Fiasco.
If the shenanigans of the last three years were transferred to the stage, the ‘play’ would be described as ‘a farce’, probably starring Brian Rix as T May PM. After three years of tooing and froing,...
View ArticleThe Brexit Swamp
Is there any better example of ‘the swamp’ than Brexit? Vote against the deal agreed between May and the EU. Have no deal to vote for. Vote against having no deal to vote for. Vote for having no deal...
View Article‘No Smoking’ Signs
I have never attended a hospital so many time in my life as I have this last twelve months. Generally speaking, you only pay attention to those matters which immediate impact your needs. EG, “Where is...
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