Recent Blogs.- OUR DOG ATE MY HOMEWORK August 15, 2022I have always been impressed by the inventiveness of the young when lying. Our 8 year old granddaughter demonstrated a surprising sophistication when slightly late in returning home. I suggested excuses: “we could say there was a sinkhole in the road which was vast and several cars had already fallen down it – the screams of […]
- "CRISIS. WHAT CRISIS?" August 8, 2022This is what appeared on the front page of the Sun referring to the then Prime Minister, the laconic Jim Callaghan, during the so called Winter of Discontent in 1978.44 years later we’re back again to the “C” word. Friday’s Times headline was ”Britain slides into Crisis.” Note, not Crashes, not Plunges but Slides. There’s […]
- CHEER UP! August 1, 2022Imagine a news flash over 50 years ago “Today the pound hit a new low against the dollar” followed by the tuneful“Woke up this morning feeling fineI've got something special on my mind” That’s actually what happened in 1964 with that Herman’s Hermits hit, I’m into Something GoodHerman’s Hermits had loads of UK hits and 18 […]
- BRILLIANT MARKETING IS ALL THEY NEED July 25, 2022In Britain we’re in the midst of a marketing battle. This is what the current Tory shoot-out is. If I were advising either candidate I’d be advising a no-holds-barred, go for the jugular approach. Winner takes all. The loser is probably finished as a politician so there’s nothing to lose.Currently Brand Truss (the only potential […]
- MAD DOGS AND CONSERVATIVES July 18, 2022It’s been a rather strange time for everyone. Our disgraced PM resigning. A bare-knuckle fight to choose his successor. At last summer holidays really beginning. But it’s getting too hot everywhere. Air travel is chaotic. Rail travel is subject to industrial action. And the economy’s in turmoil. Meanwhile especially Sri Lanka and Italy and France are […]
- OUR DOG ATE MY HOMEWORK August 15, 2022