It’s not politics Boyd, it’s life…
Apparently, J D Vance has said that it’s necessary to prevent the craziest and worst regime in the world getting nuclear weapons. I think it may be too late for that. https://tonyearnshaw.substack.com/p/its-not-politics-boyd-its-life
Ankles, teeth and the nuclear threat
Image courtesy of Les Haines, Creative Commons Priorities I’ve been musing on the question of priorities. Just think of what we’re faced with. The newspapers are full of North Korea and the public posturing by TweedleTrump and TweedleKim. Bluster and bragging seem to have replaced reason and diplomacy. Threats serve to escalate the crisis and […]
Personal attacks and the ‘real’ world
Image courtesy of mariusz kluzniak and Flickr Creative Commons Margaret Thatcher I never thought I’d start a blog with that heading but it was Margaret Thatcher who insisted that personal attacks on political opponents merely demonstrated a lack of anything worthwhile to say, a lack of policies. Her current successor appears to have forgotten this but […]
The USA and the special relationship
New York I’ve spent a lot of time in the States. New York, Chicago and Stamford, Connecticut were all regular stop overs for a number of years and I spent a great three weeks ‘off Broadway’ with one of my plays. I’ve friends, ex colleagues, family in the States. A personal special relationship. And this […]