“Magna inspiratione”
I don’t care which side of the new political divide you’re on or how virtuous you believe your case. One thing is clear to me, underlying the issues is a country that faces a fundamental need for reform. Some are easier than others. I’ve considered them, and I'd like EVERY SINGLE party to pledge to reform these in unifying bills to truly maximise whatever sovereignty each side ends up with.
So this is a start. What do you think?
SINGLE LOCK RULE: “Change of PM triggers a GE”
When a PM changes, a GE should be triggered. In our democracy…
As a seafaring nation, and an island, it behoves us to acknowledge the importance of the ocean. From coral bleaching, plastic suffocation to over-fishing and soon, resource exploitation, the oceans are struggling. They cover most of our planet. We must act.
Britain has had a tough time of late. We must take global action to make a mark, to project the people we are and the people we want to be. Perhaps the ocean is our calling?
So, I’d like to suggest a few things to help.
Firstly, the creation of a new fleet of ocean cleanup vessels.
Why would…
Whim. It’s a nice word, isn’t it? It feels like freedom. So I’ve landed on that. Please consider this blog as an invitation and, I guess, a thought paper in one. Consider the subject you’re about to explore as Gig economy politics, even politics-as-a-platform. Bottom-up empowerment, balancing the forces of Globalisation that bend, erode and warp a form of democracy that’s remained largely unchanged since its inception.
(Photo on Visual Hunt.)
Something has happened, a penny has dropped. I can’t “wait” to start this project anymore, it has to be now. Let’s jump off the cliff together, you and I…
I’ve written this to James and submitted it to LBC today -it’s about the state of brexit and the EU. LBC is a station I listen to a lot as I work. I would tweet it to James, but he’s blocked me on twitter because I mentioned him after i’d called in and done a pretty decent job off fighting the mute button and rhetoric he so successfully employs.
I admire him, but I think he’s also not as balanced as he professes to be. …
Superb stuff — this was:
Read it an marvel at the brilliant latteral thinking! Winner.
https://medium.com/@MrWeeble/who-actually-trades-solely-under-wto-rules-1b6127ce33c6
Unlike most normal Brexit voters — I actually admit I did it. Chances are, 50% of people you meet voted for it. Yet, the virtue seems to be signalled by remain voters — they aren’t the ‘racists’ after all. The availability of a remain voter proudly waving their blue and yellow flag is everywhere… Maybe more people “like you” actually voted remain. Any leave voter would put a zip on their choice, right?
I voted leave but this is the single smartest Remain retort…
An excerpt from my novel-under-draft, ‘Walrus’. Set in WW2 Britain, this is a section from part-way through the book to give you a sneak peek of the wider plot, without ruining it too much. A chapter in which two famous British protagonists of the war have an intriguing catch up….. enjoy, and feedback welcome!
Should I finish the book or share more chapters?
June 1940, RAF Uxbridge, Borough of Hillingdon
The door to the cottage opened, creaking as if to complain at the early hour, and large drops of water fell from a leak in the gutter above. It was…
It’s unbelievable how UK is being held as a pariah for the way we are to leave the EU. Time to step back, look at the facts (yes, that’s a little joke) and reconsider who is really to blame for this Brexit mess. It’s Article 50.
At no point, no point, have I ever seen proper due discourse and consideration for the proximate cause of the mess that leaving the EU is. I am of course talking about the EU itself — and I include the UK in that. The Lisbon Treaty. …
I am drawn to blog on the EU again today after the city — the French ambassador’s residence I believe — hosted a “Brexit Debate” — in which Nick Clegg waxed unashamedly about his pro-EU credentials. The other side of the debate wasn’t apparently represented — as good as the event was, it sounded lop-sided. It got me thinking about the root cause of this EU-UK rift — and why Britain is so divided about it, too.
In the modern world, we tend to flock towards homogeny. From the apps we use to the views we have. Consensus is winning…
Story alert! Fiction alert. A bit of fun…
“Ladies and gentlemen of the world’s scientific community. Thank you for attending today’s press conference. I’m Kurt, press spokesman for NASA.” Said a pleasant looking man sitting at the front of a packed media room.
“Firstly some housekeeping. As you know, we took away most of your cells today before you came in. This is standard procedure for conferences where we live steam the content. Apparently NASA could do with the rights’ revenues, so we didn’t want to have any of your Facebook live accounts stealing our thunder.
Second up, today is Jim Gremaux’s birthday. Jim was one of the…
I got an email today titled “James’s twitter strategy”. Inside the email it only said: “Attached Screenshot for you to consider. Best, Andy [Dufresne].”
The screen shot was this:
You see? “Pathetic mate”. Andy thinks my new genius plan was to orchestrate having more people following me than I followed. New strategy – boom. The General idea so it probably seemed was to look better, get more Klout and rise up the influencer rankings to world domination. Next stop, Zoella’s next launch party and a blue tick!
Awks. I wish it were that simple. …
