Occasionally on this blog I like to comment on the world of politics. Not often and usually with the kind of authority that you might associate with someone who exclusively reads tabloid newspapers. In real life I don’t read tabloid newspapers. I don’t read newspapers at all. I get all my information from the internet.…
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And The Bells Weren’t Ringing Out For Brexit Time
In the ‘real world’ there is a man called James who looks a lot like me and who some people might describe as reasonably intelligent. He even has a real job and some very real responsibilities. And that man can create the impression that he knows about stuff like politics. He can hold conversations with…
The Best Of All The Poems
This is a great poem With good words Big words The best words It’s a great, great poem Believe me And together we’re going to make poetry great again I can tell you The press will tell you it’s not a great poem But they… What do the press know about poetry? I know about…
Here We Go Again
So apparently it’s on Time for Corbyn versus May Though I’m fairly sure that Farron Will want to have his say But will anybody listen To Lib Dems this time around? Have recent landscape changes caused A resurgence newly found? Will they reclaim their moral high ground? Will they break the UKIP curse? Now Farage…
A Momentous Day
If the motto of the Brexiteers Is ‘All For Us and None For You’ Then today they’ll tone it down As we begin to say adieu For though we complain about officials Who were appointed, not elected We’ll ignore that our Theresa Was unopposed when then selected To move to Number Ten And be the…
The Future Is Bright
The realities of a ‘post-truth’ world Are hard to distinguish from those Of the pre-truth world Worlds where we are bombarded by images Of things we neither want nor need Although On reflection Maybe we might need them And we do quite want them In fact, we can’t live without them But iThink iKnow what…
The Will Of The People
Who is this ‘Will Of The People’ He that cannot be denied And must be honoured, revered and obeyed? I can think of many Wills But none that strike me As being ‘Of The People’ Not the Conqueror I’d wager Or the one who liked Orange And certainly neither Pitt Junior Nor indeed Senior And it…
Shock News – Nothing Is Surprising Anymore
I didn’t start this blog to discuss politics. I know nothing about politics really. Aside from what you’d expect a really intelligent person to know. Who is also staggeringly handsome, athletic and charming. I know about as much as someone who’d fit that description. I’m not saying that I fit that description. That’s not for…
As Far As Ballot-Box Bombshells Go, What Could Possibly Trump Brexit?
Four and half months on and Brexit is still very much the issue ‘du jour’ on this side of the Atlantic. Other things have, of course, happened. Some as a direct result of the cataclysmic decision by the British electorate on the 23rd June, others entirely unrelated. Some of these should have distracted us, at…
Bregrets, I’ve Had A Few
Despite recent evidence to the contrary, this blog is not meant to be about political commentary. It’s meant to be a whimsical collection of bad poetry, rants about soup and toilet-based anecdotes. But the fallout of Brexit continues to dominate the news and as a citizen of the soon-to-be-former EU member state, I feel I should comment…
James Remains
The dust is starting to settle and apparently the apocalypse hasn’t happened. Yet. But the post-Brexit UK does feel different and none of us are quite sure what to make of it. For starters, my blog seems to have gone from random nonsense to political commentary. Perhaps I should rectify that, but then politics did…
James Proclaims! 