Birmingham bankruptcy shows you miss age, experience and wisdom While it is clear that Birmingham city council move towards declaring...

The Tories let the City run out of control. Now Labour plans to repeat their mistakes 31 Aug 2023 16:09 What is the point of Labour now?...

Will Europe’s centre-right parties accept defeat or sell their souls to the hard right? 28 Aug 2023 16:00 My reply to Guardian article...

Well after over 3 years am going to try to write a regular record of life in this amazing bubble. We have just come out of a mini heat...

Instead of celebrating the victory of the Spanish women's football team the arrogant sexist entitled boss of the Spanish FA had to ruin...

Another response, a positive endorsement of the critique of the miners strike and its aftermath by John Harris

My reply to Guardian article about the end of governments after years in power The establishment maintains itself through the mirage of...

Here in the Cevennes in the South of France it is searing hot. AT least it is not as bad as in the plains elsewhere, so we reached the...

This is reply to Polly's article trying to defend Labour as being left wing in Scotland as a bye elections looms Oh dear, what it must be...

This was a response to a piece in the Guardian about the current state of Sunak's non government, which has proved quite popular. We are...

This was written just before the election. Thankfully the Franco fanatics have been defeated - for now, but we must remain ever vigilant,...

Written just as the heat catastrophe hits hard. The climate catastrophe is here and now. The science is clear, the actions needed...

This was written before the mass heatwaves hitting Europe. We are now facing an existential crisis, with climate science pointing to the...

here are a few of my comments in the Guardian comments section that proved to be quite popular as well as being heartfelt. This one in...

Just been treated for a hernia which was complicated by the need to drill a hole through the bladder as radio therapy had fused the...

The current situation for all water consumers, especially those both old and young who are near the poverty line is intolerable, rivers...

It is said that once you grow old you look back with nostalgia while the present and future seems increasingly dark and threatening....

Just been trained in using the latest 2021 census figures to see the details of over 50s and employment. What is shocking is that while...

We send a lot of our time , often quite rightly, bemoaning both the reduction in our quality of life and our increasing personal...

-As I am now back home after a hernia operation which turned into a more complicated affair than I was told to expect, as result of...