Greed & Fear.
One of my pet irritants (the word “hate” is grotesquely overused) is when journalists refer to those buying and selling…
Year: 2021
Broken Britain; broken Europe.
BG readers will well know that I have oft quoted and posted links to the wise and learned words of…
Ringing the changes!
Above, King William III, a portrait by Sir Godfrey Kneller from the 1680s . Today is the Friday 1st October…
Separating the wheat from the chaff.
Recently the BG has been pursing a subject in a series of posts that has caused many readers to reconsider…
It all makes work for the working (in legal services) man to do!
The Guardian (https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/jul/01/us-cities-heat-baltimore-suing-oil-gas) reports that the present extreme weather in the USA has produced a crop of more than twenty…
Making deadly decisions.
Back in the pre Brexit era when those who are now labelled as “Brexiteers” were described either as “Eurosceptics” or…
The invisible issue.
The UK’s state broadcaster is very fond of showing pictures of chimneys emitting clouds of steam into blue skies with…
Get the jab!
Above, Mr Javid the then Chancellor receiving advice from Gladstone, Chief Mouser of the Treasury. Mr Sajid Javid, the Member…
Something needs to be done: And quickly!
Above, an armed private security guard guarding a school in the USA. The Beeb is not altogether without fault. They…
Artists impressions.
One of the long standing memories I have from my childhood was pouring through the pages of a trade publication.…