Not a Party Political Broadcast

Europe. I’m in; and not because of the personal gains (I don’t know if there are any), or the personal losses if we leave (I don’t know about those either). I’m also just as concerned as anyone else about borders, immigration, trade, and legislative freedom, and I think the EU as an organisation needs to get its act together in terms of international efficacy. Its response to the refugee crisis has been pathetic. So I’m not voting to stay because I have a rose-tinted notion of the EU; I’m voting to stay because unity is more essential than ever in … Continue reading Not a Party Political Broadcast

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Don’t come visiting northern Europe today – we’re shut!

Ok, I don’t live near a major airport but you could view this as an exemplar of the skies over GB-PLC today and it hasn’t happened before EVER! Because of Iceland’s reprehensible inability to control the behaviour of its volcanoes, pretty much the whole of Europe has been grounded and can’t expect to be on its way again until tomorrow at the earliest. Most people have been pretty phlegmatic about it; after all, it’s in rather poor taste to criticise Mother Nature, not to mention fairly pointless. That didn’t stop one chap, with a degree in Advanced Twerp self evidently, … Continue reading Don’t come visiting northern Europe today – we’re shut!

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