Forget partygate, Sue Gray’s report (not that I demean its seriousness) or the calls for Johnson’s resignation (not that I approve of law-breaking) but none of these events will change the direction of travel for Britain; the co-ordinates have been set, the actors are in mid-play and the denouement appears inevitable. Authoritarianism. Accompanied by the […]
Boris Johnson
Challenge!
We’re in the hands of primitive men. Two decades into the 21st century, the UK, the USA, and India, are ruled by men whose grasp of governance is so tribal, so corrupt, and so self-interested as to render them obsolete to the modern order. And yet there they are. The only silver lining, the only beacon […]
Privilege is Killing Us
Thousands of people are dying in Britain. In this year of 2020, a pandemic is sweeping across the globe. In some countries the death toll is over thousands, in some it’s hundreds, in a few only in the tens, and in some, such as Vietnam, none reported. A crisis can be revelatory. Cutting through the […]
GE 2019: The Fight of Our Lives
For the first time in my life, I fear for my children and any future grandchildren I may have. For the first time in my life I wonder if it would be best to leave the UK, this ‘sceptered isle,’ that I love. As the daughter of a family who had to flee for their […]