When I was coming home from cricket last night, I felt inexplicably sad. It was cool and autumnal, and I had injured myself trying to play cricket. To top it off I had hit a rare shot out of the middle of the bat, only for a certain six to be caught on the boundary. I then got stung on the arse by a wasp that had taken up residence in the clubhouse. Cricket is brutal and so are wasps.
Worrying Times
Most of all though, it was the recogn...
I do sometimes wonder whether this government is just taking the piss just for the fun of it. It meanders from cock up after cock up, to U-turn after U-turn and unashamed corruption on a basis daily, yet some people still try to claim they are doing a great job.
As the latest cock up is distinguished by another U-turn and
a grovelling apology from someone who shouldn’t be in the job, the PM is
missing once again? Where is he this time? ...
Right, here we go then. Ayanda Capital were handed, without tender, £252 million of taxpayer’s money to supply face masks. The deal was done by Andrew Mills, an adviser to Trade Secretary Liz Truss and the Board of Trade. Coincidentally, he is also a senior board adviser at Ayanda.
PPE Offshore Investment Specialists
It gets better. Around 50 million of the Chinese masks supplied by Ayanda Capital had ear straps rather than head ...
Rumours are circulating that we are weeks away from going
into a second wave of Coronavirus and another lockdown. This would suggest that
easing of regulations on social activities aren’t really working. It appears with
95% of the population still uninfected, the writing is on the wall.
That is crap news for people who rely on social interaction
and any chance of the economy recovering. The hymn ‘In the Bleak Mid-Winter’,
will be ...
Cyber Influence
Unless you are totally deluded, it is now apparent that Russia cyber interference has almost certainly taken place within the UK establishment. Only the extent of it is unknown.
Cyber interference is a complicated operation that goes beyond my brain capacity but, essentially, it is regarded as a cheap and effective way to target and influence the mindset of unwitting people. These will generally be those who are vulnerable ...
