When I was at school I was often reprimanded for being a dreamer. I am very pleased to announce that it is a failing that has, above all others, lasted to this day. But what does it mean to be a dreamer? It is used as a pejorative term but which, if it makes you […]
Tag: Christmas
A little Christmas anarchy
I don’t do Christmas any more. I decided to stop once I lived alone and therefore had no familial pressures to deal with at home, but even so it was not an easy process, yet I was tired of grumbling about Christmas but not doing anything about it. It took some years before I even […]
The rule of law? Not in Britain
A letter a day to number 10. No 1,294 Wednesday 23 December 2015. Dear Mr Cameron, The presumption of innocence has been steadily eroded over many years. Whether I am correct in thinking that Margaret Thatcher was the author of its demise I’m not sure but she certainly and spectacularly showed her disdain for it […]
Britain’s got its mojo back and Osborne is very proud
A letter a day to number 10. No 1,281 Thursday 10 December 2015. Dear Mr Cameron, The boy’s own Chancellor speaks to the Council on Foreign Relations in New York on Britain’s air strikes in Syria – “Britain has got its mojo back and we are going to be with you as we reassert Western […]
The sacrifice of innocents to austerity
A letter a day to number 10. No 958 Monday 29 December 2014. Dear Mr Cameron, To be poor, sick or disabled in Britain today is to be a Target, that’s with a capital ‘T’. However, to be young is to be a target with a small ‘t’. It must frustrate the hell out of […]
Cameron and the abomination of bearing false witness
A letter a day to number 10. No 956 Thursday 25 December 2014. Dear Mr Cameron, I wondered if you would have the gall to invoke the Christian message this Christmas. If you are going to invoke the name of God you really should exercise a little more care. Bearing false witness is described in […]
80,000 sanctions for Christmas
A letter a day to number 10. No 953 Monday 22 December 2014. Dear Mr Cameron, According to figures released by the PCS Union, more than 80,000 UK families face a bleak Christmas because their benefits have been stopped. Let’s get that into a reality perspective, more than 80,000 people have had the means of […]
Loving kindness, 365 days a year
A letter a day to number 10. No 952 Sunday 21 December 2014. Dear Mr Cameron, As we enter Christmas week this is, for me, a moment of reflection. I decided to stop doing Christmas about ten years ago but it was a far from easy process. The first thing to go was the Christmas […]
Fear and Loathing in Great Britain 