Author Archives: Jim Stewart

As Wales goes in to firebreak the infection rate again fails to increase here, and in some areas continues to drop. Interesting developments at Chester FC who have a stadium that is half in England and half in Wales. A … Continue reading →

I’ve just been reading the report on NPR about Ghislaine Maxwell’s deposition. It contains a box which says it is the full text of the deposition. I got a couple of pages in before I came to a reply: I … Continue reading →

I was watching the select committee grilling people over the government response to the pandemic today. There was one expert who was not a glass half full, nor a glass half empty. He was more a “Don’t bother to look … Continue reading →

The news this week has been full of the Manchester deal or no deal game. The Tier 3 rules are intended to apply for 4 weeks at a time. Apparently the disagreement was that Manchester wanted the 80% furlough payout … Continue reading →

Not that he is ever likely to stand for it. But in his latest interview he has said some really impressive things (well, sort of the stuff I said a week ago). First of all, the country is fatigued with … Continue reading →

I said some time ago that there were cat aliens taking over the world. The way they do it is to get their servants to display images of them with subliminal control messages. And now we have proof that this … Continue reading →

I love the energy from an old man in this song. One of the things I always try to remember is how new democracy is to many countries in Europe. We hear many issues about the effect of social media … Continue reading →

Forget your tier 1 2 or 3 – it is all useless – the world has come to an end – Quality street are unable to provide their full mix of sweets in all boxes. We can no longer cope … Continue reading →

So what did SAGE come up with a month ago? Well, it was a lot more than saying “circuit break”. They actually produced a long list of ideas to consider. For each they looked at the benefits and drawbacks and … Continue reading →

With the political arguments taking place I thought I would go look at the SAGE documents to see what they actually said. They reviewed over 25 different options for responding to the increased infection rate – one of them was … Continue reading →