An optimistic Wolfiewolfgang in 2008 It was eight years ago today that I started this website – it seems a world away from now as we look to another new year with, mostly, very different faces among the world’s…
David Cameron and his wife, Sam, celebrating their narrow victory. It all seems such a long time ago doesn’t it. Dave and Sam Cameron getting one of the biggest shocks of their lives in 2015 when the Conservatives…
I’ve been tempted to stay silent through the EU Referendum campaign here in the United Kingdom assuming, after last year’s depressing General Election result when 26% of the electorate voted in the incompetent government that has led us…
That day in May 2015 seems such a long time ago – do you remember all those hopes, fears, wild predictions and, yes, cynical sneers? Well, I do. I remember writing enthusiastically about what could be and I…
There was encouraging news today about the Ukraine ceasefire – Like all of us, I’m hoping it will hold and lead to a lasting solution to the appalling escalation of violence that had been growing in East Ukraine all…
Well, I’m just not going to pay, so there! I didn’t know about this until now so I’m going to do what I always do in these situations and sound off without thinking even if I usually get things…
I’m told people have stopped listening/watching the news in Britain because it is too depressing. Well, there’s no question about the gloomy nature of the World today so, I suppose, we can’t blame people for wanting to look away…
I may be a bit tired after hanging around during the night wondering about the Scottish Independence Referendum results but I feel good today – all of me except the tired bits – all my Scottish, Northern Irish and…
Radoslaw Sikorski I like Radoslaw Sikorski, the Polish Foreign Minister. I like his style too – he says it as he says it. He was right too. British Prime Minister, David Cameron has “fucked up” over Europe. I’ve been away…
Barrack Obama, the American president He just can’t make up his mind. Barack Obama was put on the spot last week when a journalist asked him if France was “the best European ally of the US.” President Obama was trying…