Author Archive
29 Jan 2017
Protests against Democracy in the US and the UK: Elitist Nonsense?
By Bobbo On 29 January 2017 In Current Affairs/Political
A strange phenomenon seems to have overtaken the democratic nations of the UK and the USA. The UK’s referendum on the EU, and the election of a US president respectively, have caused protests against the results of
17 Jan 2017
The Southern Drivers’ Strike: Confusing and Disingenuous
By Bobbo On 17 January 2017 In Current Affairs/Political
The great Liverpool FC manager, Bill Shankly, recalled an incident when he was taking part in a 5-a-side training session. Acting as referee was the shy Chris Lawler, the then regular Liverpool full back and man of
5 Nov 2016
The 03/11/16 Court ruling on Brexit. Not so much the Judiciary v the Executive, more the Judiciary v Us Oiks.
By Bobbo On 5 November 2016 In Current Affairs/Political
The abiding principle of English Common law is reasonableness. Judgments are made aided by statutes and precedents, and the judgments themselves can be used as precedents in future cases. Without the more prescriptive codes of, for example,
28 Sep 2016
The Midsomer Murder of Rural Life
By Bobbo On 28 September 2016 In Current Affairs/Political
The village of Holkham in Norfolk was built by the owners of the eponymous Hall. They wanted to enact and reinforce their 18th Century view of rural life – remarkably similar to ours today – of a romantic
22 Sep 2016
Jeremy Corbyn and Shami Chakrabarti: my ex-heroes!
By Bobbo On 22 September 2016 In Current Affairs/Political
After Napoleon Bonaparte’s decision to crown himself emperor, Beethoven was clearly very disappointed with the man he’d once thought of as a hero; “He, too, then, is nothing better than an ordinary man! Now he will
20 Sep 2016
The Politics of the Terminally Deluded; a Brexit Deal Referendum!
By Bobbo On 20 September 2016 In Current Affairs/Political
It seems that desperate ‘Bremainers’, including the leadership of the Liberal Democrats and some Labour MP’s, have a stratagem to attempt to reverse the will of the people of the United Kingdom to leave the EU. What
9 Jul 2016
Chilcot: 2.6 million Words of Foreplay Followed by Coitus Interruptus
By Bobbo On 9 July 2016 In Current Affairs/Political
Is Tony Blair a bumbling fool or a scheming knave? The answer is the latter for the vast majority of the UK who felt that the intelligence had been deliberately ‘sexed up’ in order to take Britain
4 Jul 2016
The perplexing question surrounding Tony Blair: How does he manage to sleep at night?
By Bobbo On 4 July 2016 In Current Affairs/Political
In an interview for the Daily Telegraph, Tony Blair made a case for EU exit discussions being conducted by those from the Remain camp. The interview occurred just a few days before the release of the Chilcot report. A couple of days
1 Jul 2016
Remain candidates included in the Tory leadership race? They’re having a laugh!
By Bobbo On 1 July 2016 In Current Affairs/Political
It should be a straightforward task for the government to enact the will of the British people after the recent EU in-out referendum. Of course there are those patrician politicians from the Remain side who think the
7 Jun 2016
David Cameron should either have been leader of the stay-in EU campaign or Prime Minister. He’s shown he can’t do both and maintain his integrity and party unity
By Bobbo On 7 June 2016 In Current Affairs/Political
The current lead-up to the EU referendum has to go down as distortedly one-sided in terms of the stay-in campaign getting their message across much more effectively with the Prime Minister’s help. It’s also been deeply divisive for the