Category Archives: COVID

As we head toward the end of the Trump presidency people are starting to worry about the damage he will do as he leaves. There were reports regarding leaving the Open Skies agreement, not ordering replacement aircraft and scrapping the … Continue reading →

Sometimes it s worth just looking away from the headlines to see what is going on but not being noticed. I spotted that the revised BBC news pages had narrowed down the amount of smaller reports, the sort of thing … Continue reading →

I remember the times when there was a lot of discussion about religious symbols in the workplace – an airline employee got in to trouble for wearing a religious symbol on a neclace. In our open plan office there were … Continue reading →

I was struck today by the thought that so many churches need to have “a confession” as part of their services. Some churches even have special little boxes where you can confess. At the same time I see people in … Continue reading →

An interesting set of complaints about the film Music for failing to cast an autistic person to play an autistic person. I remember similar comments about a straight man being cast to play a gay man. The arguments for and … Continue reading →

New results from ONS today show a negative growth rate for the North West. So far we have not seen the effects of the lockdown or the city wide testing, this is the effect of Tier 3. All the indications … Continue reading →

BBC Radio 1 have announced that they will not be playing the original version of The Fairytale of New York anymore, because some people are offended by the language. A bit odd that a couple of lines that involve people … Continue reading →

Scotland has recently removed the defence against smacking children. This means parents can be prosecuted for it. So do parents now resort to using the naughty step? Early bed? No screen time? I’ve always wondered why the voices calling for … Continue reading →

I remember staying in a school hall during the sponsored bike ride across the USA in 1996. They had some booklets in the classroom called “The flag code”. I read through one and was astounded by some of the things … Continue reading →

The EU is facing budget problems. They have a fund planned for COVID recovery, but in the EU budgets can be vetoed. And the far right wing countries are blocking the budget. The budget was being tied to the need … Continue reading →