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London 2017 – My Near Brush With Death!
As I sit here at my desk in the outskirts of Andover, looking wistfully at the grey March sky outside my window, I can't help but wonder...why I am still here? My window: I looked wistfully out of it yesterday My nearly tragic story began last autumn. In October 2016, I was asked by one of my clients whether I had any electrical fit-out staff available for a project they were tendering for in Green Park, London. The project was ...
Martin McGuinness – A Day of Eulogies and Hate!
In the ten years I have been blogging, I am not sure if there has been anything more emotive to write about than Martin McGuinness, freedom fighter, terrorist, peacemaker and finally, a politician, who died yesterday, at the surprisingly young age of 66. I say surprisingly young, because ever since I can remember, Martin McGuinness has been in the news, from peace marches gone wrong, to devastating pub bombings in Guildford and Birmingham, ...
Britain Languishes on World Happiness Day!
Whoever chose a Monday as 'World Happiness Day', should really check their marketing skills, unless of course the idea is to try and make people happy on their least favourite day of the week? Today, the happiest places on earth will be announced with Scandinavian folk once again tipped to dominate proceedings whilst Britain, which languished outside the top 20 last year, is expected to take a further hit, courtesy of Brexit inspired hatred...
Keeping Quiet in Time of National Aggression!
Over the last few months I have noticed that social media platforms have become increasingly quiet, with people deciding not to voice opinion through fear of being trolled by maniacs. In fact, if like me, you are 'soft left' in your opinions, you can get slaughtered from all directions, with right-wing loons calling you a poof or a traitor, whilst blinkered far left socialists claim you are a Blairite capitalist working as a plant for Rupert ...
George Osborne – Would You Employ Him?
A lot is said of the grotesque money footballers earn these days, which is understandable when you hear figures of £100 - 200 and 300k a week...even more if they want to play in empty stadiums in China to boost their retirement portfolios. Still, with added attendances, sponsorship deals, replica shirt sales and the TV cash windfalls of the Premier League and Champions League, the best players are in fact paid the market rate, grotesque or ...