Category Archives: Opinion

Posts predominantly related to the views espoused by yours truly.

Coronavirus Diary 7 – I may well be going mad, well more mad anyway.

Posted on March 27, 2020 by Stephen Liddell

How is everyone? We all still here? That’s good. As I thought would be the case, some old fashioned values and community spirit have been returning. I’ve been penned inside my home for a month or two really on top … Continue reading →

Posted in Life, News, Opinion | Tagged Boris Johnson, Coronavirus, Coronavirus Diary, Corvid19, NHS, Pandemic, Self isolation, Self Quarantine, Social Distancing, The Walking Dead | 3 Comments

The Coronavirus and me

Posted on March 16, 2020 by Stephen Liddell

Like almost everyone else, I’ve been watching the Coronavirus do its stuff from the last weeks of 2019 up to the present day and even though I don’t yet have it; it has affected me quite badly. As a tour … Continue reading →

Posted in Life, London, News, Opinion | Tagged Asthma, Coronavirus, CoronavirusUK, Corvid19, hoarders, London, Self Sacrifice, supermarkets, toilet roll | 16 Comments

General Election Result 2019

Posted on December 16, 2019 by Stephen Liddell

I don’t normally talk politics on my blog, it seems a growing minority of people have become increasingly immature to talk about disagreements in a civil fashion. I thought to make a rare exception as I did after the Brexit … Continue reading →

Posted in Life, News, Opinion, Politics | Tagged Boris Johnston, Brexit, Diane Abbott, General Election, Jeremy Corbyn, Leaver, Remainer | 5 Comments

Tips to budget for Christmas

Posted on December 9, 2019 by Stephen Liddell

It’s that time of year where much of the planet decides to get further into debt for an entirely commercial and shallow event based upon a religious holy day that many of them don’t actually observe. For some reason in … Continue reading →

Posted in Life, Opinion | Tagged Black Friday, Christmas, Christmas Spending, Consumerism, Debt, Presents, Sales | 3 Comments

The environmental hypocrisy of Prince Harry

Posted on September 23, 2019 by Stephen Liddell

In Britain this summer, hardly anything has made the news this summer outside of a few major stories. Brexit of course, various protests bringing London to a halt many of which are invariably environment related and the seemingly strained relations … Continue reading →

Posted in Life, News, Opinion, Travel | Tagged Environment, Green Issues, Hypocrisy, Life, Prince Harry, Private Jet | 7 Comments

Why our trains are on the wrong track?

Posted on August 19, 2019 by Stephen Liddell

I should be living around 35-40 minutes from the centre of London using public transport. As the years go by it is becoming less reality and more theoretical. In fact it can often take me 2-2.5 hours each way and … Continue reading →

Posted in Life, London, News, Opinion, Travel | Tagged Arriva Buses, London, London Euston, London Underground, Nationalisation, Overcrowding, Privatisation, Public Transport, Trains | 5 Comments

When two (spaces) are better than one

Posted on June 5, 2019 by Stephen Liddell

I don’t know about you but there are countless things that annoy me about modern life and one of them is the slow decline into the use of a single space after a full stop or period. Until the early … Continue reading →