Tag: Tony Blair
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Seashells, Hippos, Cheetahs, the trouble with birdwatching, corrupt politicians and an amazing panorama
Seashells These shells were no longer wanted in my son’s room and so I have relocated them to the summerhouse which is getting rather cluttered with wildlife books, objects and art. I had forgotten we had them and cannot remember where they came from. They made me think of my good fortune in being involved…
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Snowdrops, Squirrels, Beavers, Tice’s Meadow and McDonald’s, a monkey lab is to close, and Tony Blair seems to be up to no good again
Lunch at the nearby Elcot Retreat yesterday which was a bit of a curate’s egg but it gave me time and space to read two of my daughter’s excellent degree essays, ‘The Experiences of Women of Colour in Midwifery Services’ and ‘Political economies of unfree labour through a gendered global capitalist lens: Sex work in…
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Another Gallimaufry: Tony Blair & Net Zero, Maths is Fun, Dad’s Army, Musical and Filmic Irritations and Michelle Obama
Tony Blair & Net Zero Disgraced former prime minister and war criminal Tony Bliar (sic) has called for a rethink – policies based on reducing fossil fuel production and consumption are, he says, “doomed to fail”. When will he ever shut up and go away? Instead, up he keeps popping, but no one has asked…
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Tony Blair, the Amol Rajan interview
Released on September 4th 2024, this was not revelatory for me, but it was confirmatory of everything I have thought about the shameless unprincipled man whose name I prefer to spell Bliar, since even before he became prime minister. Amol Rajan is interesting – he was born in India and was editor of The Independent…
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Starmer, farmers, foxes, badgers, salmon and more
Sounding and feeling a little like a Roman Catholic penitent at confession, it has been two weeks since my last post. It has been a busy time – my son turned 18 and so there was much celebration, I travelled to the hugely disappointing Spurn Migration Festival near Hull, of which more in a separate…
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How They Broke Britain Part I
How they Broke Britain by James O’Brien, WH Allen, 2023 As one would expect if you have heard or seen the author’s radio broadcasts, this is an angry, deeply incisive, passionate and incendiary book. There are two things it cries out for, so let me get those out of the way. The first is a…