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Tag Archives: Politics
Meeting Jeremy Corbyn
I’ve had the pleasure to meet several MPs during my 26 months of being Excluded and indeed before then in my work as a tour guide. And also one MP who was particularly condescending and dismissive but more about him … Continue reading
Posted in Life, London, Politics
Tagged Excluded, Jeremy Corbyn, Labour, Politics, UK Politics, Westminster
2 Comments
Why do so many think 2 weeks of Lockdown poverty is worse than 8 months being ExcludedUK?
I was in London yesterday. Not for fun or spending money, not really for work, well not paid work but to get out of the house and feel vaguely human whilst trying to plan for a future that I have … Continue reading
Posted in Life, News, Politics
Tagged Coronavirus, Diary, ExcludedUK, London, News, Politics, Poverty
2 Comments
Spitting Image is back!
It was announced last week that one of my favourite television programmes when growing up is to make a return. To people of a certain age, Spitting Image was an unmissable programme with up to 15 million people tuning in … Continue reading
Posted in Cool Britannia, Culture, Funny & Humour, Politics, television
Tagged Boris Johnson, Donald Trump, ITV, Politics, Puppets, Satire, Spitting Image, television
4 Comments
The history of 10 Downing Street and a peek behind its famous black door.
A few weeks ago I posted about a ‘fake’ Number 10 Downing Street and so I thought it would be timely to write about the actual Number 10 Downing Street especially as having written about historic and political situations for … Continue reading
Posted in history, London, Politics
Tagged 10 Downing Street, Churchill, Downing Street, history, London, Politics
4 Comments
Looking back at 2018 in cartoons
It’s tradition at the end of a year to look back at the events that we’ve lived through and I thought this year that I would do so with the use of political cartoons. It’s amongst the finest of British … Continue reading
Posted in Funny & Humour, Life, News, Politics
Tagged 2018, Brexit, Cartoons, Donald Trump, Jeremy Corbyn, political cartoons, Politics, Putin, year in review
4 Comments
Spencer Perceval – The only British Prime Minister to be killed in office
It is said that the more things change, the more they say the same. This is perhaps never more true than in May 1812. Britain was in turmoil. Social and political unrest spread had spread across the country, as old … Continue reading
Posted in history, Life, Politics
Tagged Assassination, John Bellingham, Parliament, Politics, Prime Minister, Spencer Perceval, Westminster
1 Comment
How Star Trek revolutionised the modern world
Star Trek recently celebrated its 51st birthday and this week with the launch of Star Trek Discovery the mission to entertain and inspire continues with renewed vigor. The scientific inventions that we use on a daily basis inspired by WW2 … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Heritage, Life, Popular Culture, television
Tagged Captain Kirk, Discovery, Gene Roddenberry, Politics, Spock, Star Trek, Star Trek Discovery, television
11 Comments
John “Mad Jack” Mytton – The craziest man in history!
John Mytton is one of those colouful characters that make history, especially British history such an interest affair. It’s always nice when one comes across someone who was totally nuts and I always look at them with a slight mix … Continue reading
Posted in Funny & Humour, history, Life
Tagged Funny, history, Humour, John Mad Jack Mytton, John Mytton, Life, Mad Jack, Mental Illness, Politics, shropshire
9 Comments
3rd September 1939 – Britain Declares War On Germany
Today I was giving a tour of Chartwell House to two nice folk from Colorado, USA. Chartwell House was the home of Prime Minister Winston Churchill and is full of his old belongings from his radio to his cigars. Whilst … Continue reading
Posted in history, Life, Opinion, WW2
Tagged Appeasement, Chartwell House, Churchill, Hitler, Neville Chamberlain, Peace, Politics, war, WW2
12 Comments
May Map Madness
I am busy in real life at the moment. London and the U.K. is bursting with tourists and I barely have a moment to think. So in lieu of one my more wordy blog posts, here are some more … Continue reading