Before Covid-19 wiped out the whole population of Wuhan I spent five weeks there, courtesy of a Hubei Province Government scholarship for ‘prestigious international scholars’; which was nice. I had several student helpers assigned to me and one of the junior members of staff—‘Rocky’ was his English name—coordinated them. I spent a lot of time […]
HELP! I’ve been ‘mis-countried’ – Who’s going to resign? Read More »
As explained in these pages recently, the invasion on the south east coast of the UK continues. This is an invasion of people who have not been invited, who are neither needed nor wanted, are predominantly young, male, and Muslim, are not in danger back home and whose respect for our culture makes Sadiq Khan
Students: an easy target for the Home Office Read More »
Civil servants want to ‘work’ from home and, now that winter is setting in and energy prices have taken a hike, they want their heating bills paid for. You read that right the first time; they want both to work at home and be paid extra for doing so. Bless their little cotton socks, although
Not civil, and not providing a service Read More »
It’s that time of year again. The John Lewis advert is out, selection boxes are on the shelves in Tesco, and the NHS is heading for its annual winter crisis. By all accounts we are in for a bumper one this year – the worst crisis ever. So at least that’s something to look forward
Tis the season to be worried Read More »
BBC Radio 4 has become almost unbearable in the early mornings up to 9am. Thereafter, I have no idea how bearable it actually is these days, as I never listen to it. The radio in our bathroom is permanently tuned to Radio 4 and, since that is where it was tuned when my grandfather died
The invasion continues Read More »
The Prime Minister celebrating Diwali inside No. 10 Downing Street last week brought back fond memories of my own family. My beautiful and only granddaughter of three years old was filmed telling her father about the meaning of Diwali, the Hindu Festival of Light. It was incredibly sweet, and to some extent, it could be
Celebrating every culture but our own Read More »
I am about to leave the UK for two weeks and I will be astonished if Liz has not been trussed up like a turkey and hurled out the front door of 10 Downing Street by the time I return. Then it is over to either Jeremy Hunt or Rishi Sunak to finish the job:
Who’s in charge in Number 10? Read More »
I was recently in Zabreg, the capital of Croatia, with my wife. My idea of a break is sitting in street bars drinking beer, but my wife likes to ‘do things’. She discovered that one of Zagreb’s most famous sons was Nikola Tesla and that there was a museum in his honour. She thought it
The museum of toxic masculinity Read More »
If the multicultural experiment in the UK were a clinical trial, it would surely have been stopped by now. Enoch Powell, in his infamous ‘rivers of blood’ speech in 1968, was slightly premature, arguably making an unhelpful intervention with a poor choice of words. It certainly saw opprobrium heaped upon him from all sides of
How’s the multicultural experiment going? Read More »
It is just one thing after another for the poor Ukrainians. As if they had not suffered enough over the years, having to endure visits from such luminaries as Richard Branson, multiple visits from Boris Johnson and now they have Liz Truss with them. How much more do they have to take? One person even
Anyone for nuclear war? Read More »
