Truth is stranger than fiction………………..
Above, Dr. Jill Biden, First Lady of the United States (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jill_Biden). “Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because…
Year: 2024
Slow and stumbling? Absolutely! Strong and stable? Literally? No! Figuratively? Yes.
On this (UK) side of the pond the phrase “strong and stable” (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strong_and_stable) will bring back memories of the 2017…
A man with no mandate.
With a week to go until polling day, GB News reported that a new poll commissioned suggested that the Lib…
Taking the knee…………………..
For the relevance of the above image, read to the end: Many people – not least the Governor and his…
It’s the voters, stupid! James Carville is wrong!
Yes, this is the UK not Pakistan! From Wikipedia: “The economy, stupid” is a phrase that was coined by James…
A Midsummer Night’s Nightmare??????
Above, the now iconic image of RMS Titanic sinking below the waves of the North Atlantic. Indeed, the reference to…
Clothes: What to wear……………….
Dear Reader, do NOT be mislead by the blog-post’s title. This is a serious post. Choosing what clothes to wear…
Fantasy politics………
Above, a fantasy woman! One of the developments noted by Dr. Richard North in his blog-post today (https://www.turbulenttimes.co.uk/news/front-page/politics-a-tawdry-affair/) is the…
Plucking the goose!
Above, a portrait of Jean-Baptiste Colbert, by Philippe de Champaigne (1655). Jean-Baptiste Colbert, Finance Minister to Louis XIV, once famously…
Rattling the plutonium sabre – Again!
On 24 February 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine in an escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War that started in 2014. The invasion…