A crucially stupid decision by a non-essential politician
The decision by the First Minister for Wales Mark Drakeford, that only 'essential' items should be sold in Wales during its current COVID lockdown is the single most stupidly anti-freedom decision taken by an empowered politician in recent memory. Like all arbitrary...
The Ban Hammer
There were a number of inevitabilities about the decision by US President Donald Trump to restrict travel to and through the USA last week. First and foremost, it was inevitable that he would do it. He has been signposting the restriction for months before the US...
Get off your ass and vote
America, the land of the free and the home of the brave. You'd need to be very brave if you're prepared to wake up tomorrow with Donald Jackass Trump as the president elect of the United States. There is one proven way to prevent this from happening. Grab this...
Vote for Trump
There's a lot wrong with America, or so it seems. Social Welfare and crime are out of control, race relations are strained, police are treated with suspicion, mostly because of their apparent predilection for shooting young African Americans, and for some reason,...
Done with Irish Politics for now
For reasons which will become more apparent soon, I have decided to give up on coverage of Irish Politics. This blog was never about the politics of Ireland, but in the run up to the General Election 2011, it made sense to get embedded in that. I'll be returning to...
A nábídána response to all this ‘be part of Irelands solution’ bollocks.
To the lovely (and now engaged) @sharonashambles. Ireland is screwed. From the moment some moron decided to break away from the greatest nation on Earth, through the moment someone thought it'd be a good idea to shoot the chap who negotiated peace with the British,...
Obama says hello, and someone screws up at the inauguration
In a great inauguration ceremony, the first African-American President made an outstanding speech, which was, this blogger thought, not likely to do anything to underplay the expectations the world has of him.