Yesterday I was in the company of two, very bright women in their late 80s, who in all the 60 odd years that I have known them have only talked babies, weddings, gardening and suchlike, and yet yesterday they lambasted the politicians, saying that they believed nothing they were told any more. They thought the… Continue reading 07.02.08, The Government We Deserve. Really?
Month: February 2008
06.02.08, Serious Questions!
I still have to be careful not to strain my eyes and over the last few days I have written a piece about government for today, but events have overtaken me and so I write this virtually in shorthand. Please forgive me. A number of incidents concerning the national accounting are perturbing me. It started… Continue reading 06.02.08, Serious Questions!
03.02.08, Only 5 Days To Go
Old Light through New Windows. On Thursday last, I had one of those days when things can still surprise you. I saw an incredibly interesting and well put together programme on BBC 4 which confirmed things I had been told as a boy about Islam. It was the first part of a triptych entitled ‘The… Continue reading 03.02.08, Only 5 Days To Go