Monty Python sum up what I think here. Leave voters? A dose of Derek and Clive might be useful.
Otherwise, some thoughts on the Brexit referendum (more…)
Posted in Politics, Remain, tagged Brexit, EU, EU referendum, Europe on June 25, 2016| 1 Comment »
Monty Python sum up what I think here. Leave voters? A dose of Derek and Clive might be useful.
Otherwise, some thoughts on the Brexit referendum (more…)
Posted in Politics, Remain, tagged Europe, Liverpool on June 24, 2016| 1 Comment »
Thank you Liverpool
Liverpool, like some, but not all Northern cities, voted to Remain. My adopted city for 28 years has once again stood up against fascism. Remember, this is the part of the country that was most heavily bombed in WW II, not Coventry not London. Liverpool, Bootle…. (more…)
Posted in Politics, Remain, tagged EU referendum, Remain on June 20, 2016| 3 Comments »
My late father was a Desert Rat. He didn’t have to fight, the South African army was comprised entirely of volunteers. He recounted how in the 1930s, listening to Hilter on the radio gave him more than sufficient evidence as to the deep evil of fascism. So when South Africa declared war on Germany (itself an interesting political event), he left his job as a primary school teacher for the uncertainty of life as a soldier. There were hundreds of thousands like him across the world. The monuments on Liverpool’s waterfront to the sailors of different nationalities who died in the merchant navy during the battle of the Atlantic provide an everyday reminder to these volunteers. (more…)