Current Affairs/Political Archive
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
13 Apr 2016
Does the UK Prime Minister know what a conflict of interest is, even after it’s bitten him on the bum?
By Bobbo On 13 April 2016 In Current Affairs/Political
Two issues have been starring in recent headlines, the Prime Minister’s late father’s offshore unit trust arrangements and the 9m pounds’ worth of brochures explaining the government’s viewpoint on the EU. Although sounding like rather disparate issues,
15 Mar 2016
Just like Joan Bakewell, my Aunt Fanny has some strange ideas about anorexia: thank goodness no one listens to her
It could have been so different if my Aunt Fanny – a comely woman in her youth – had been an arts correspondent and broadcaster for the BBC in a period when there were so few women
29 Feb 2016
Upgrading the UK’s Nuclear Deterrent: Beware Rogue States and Terrorist Organisations becoming Rogue States
By Bobbo On 29 February 2016 In Current Affairs/Political
There are many reasons offered for the search for extra-terrestrial life, advanced enough to communicate across the cosmos. However, it’s estimated that the stars able to support suitable planetary systems for life to have evolved, are
26 Feb 2016
The UK’s in-out EU referendum: It’s all about Democracy, Including the Problem and the Solution
By Bobbo On 26 February 2016 In Current Affairs/Political
It’s arguably taken over a thousand years for the UK to arrive at the democracy that we now have. We should be rightly proud and not be surprised that the UK is the destination of choice for
6 Dec 2015
Bombing Syria: Careful thought was required rather than stirring speeches
By Bobbo On 6 December 2015 In Current Affairs/Political
Robert E Lee was possibly the only man in history to have been offered an important command position by both sides in a major conflict. The major conflict was the American Civil war and he unhesitatingly chose, as