If you’re not scared, you should be. At the very least, you should be feeling… shall we say, motivated round about now. Why you may ask? Because of this: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-46885828 I quote: Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit deal has been rejected by 230 votes – the largest defeat for a sitting government in history. MPs […]
We lurch toward the abyss. We seem committed to a path that is full of uncertainty, or worse, full of certainty that it will be difficult, rocky and fraught with problems. Yet for some reason I continue to see on Facebook (and I dare say have challenged and been challenged by a few) people insist […]
So I have been commenting on Brexit on the official Tory party Facebook page… among the other responses I got, there was one particular gem. I’m confused. Holding another vote, a representation of a democratic process, something which we do all the time, is somehow treasonous? Do we not hold elections all the time, reflecting […]
I was perusing Twitter yesterday when a story flashed across my news feed that reminds me why I am quite happy to identify with the political left. A Tory MP by the name of Christopher Chope cried ‘object’ during a House of Commons session in which MPs were seeking the second reading of a Bill. […]
It would seem we have more bad news if we wind up in a no-deal scenario – UK drivers will have to pay for an international driving permit when travelling to Europe and data roaming charges for mobile phones could return. These scenarios are not certainties and both depend on whether a deal can be […]
In yet another demonstration of his ignorance, not to mention another revealing look at how out of touch he is, former UKIP leader Nigel Farage (chief architect of the lie that the NHS would receive an extra £350 million a week post Brexit) was up in arms over plans to float a Trump ‘manbaby’ balloon […]
Another week, another Brexit-related crisis. The Brexit Secretary David Davis and Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson have both resigned as the government lurches, seemingly without much control, toward some kind of deal with the EU over how things like trade and immigration will work, post-Brexit. I have said it before and I will say it again […]
This is The Sun’s typically sensationalist headline this morning: In one sense, as MPs prepare to vote, they’re right – in this meerkat’s humble view, voting through a half-baked, semi-disastrous Bill would constitute a betrayal of the public. It certainly wouldn’t help the country in either the short term or the long term. In another […]
It appears Trump actually wants his career to be defined by Obama. Trump’s far superior predecessor set about trying a diplomatic, positive approach to the world’s problems – no, not every idea was a workable one, but the effort and the endeavour to leave a better world was there. The Iran deal was one such […]
I don’t often cross-post between here and The Coalition of the Brave, but this post, by one Riverdaughter, is an excellent argument against putting yet more guns into a place of learning. If you’re somehow in favour of the idea and you’re reading this, check out the link and engage in some meaningful reflection upon […]
Breached the 70K mark on my wip! Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!
This is just sheer absolute, exquisite beauty.
I have eaten too much pizza.
I don't think it's up to you to decide what's best for women, nor whether or not men can find them attractive...
This meerkat gets nervous about a lot of things. In an upcoming Prompt, I’ll talk about tardiness, and that sort of overlaps with this. Picture the scene. It’s a busy London station, and you’ve just bundled off the Tube, and up to the main concourse. You vaguely know when your train is, but you’re in […]
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