Tuesday 3rd November is a big day. Not only is it the rumoured start date of Professional Masterchef (which Marcus, Monica, Greg and co are keeping infuriatingly tight lipped about). It is also the 59th Presidential Election. In one corner we have Mr. Joe Biden. Former VP and right hand man to Obama. Some call him…
Category: Politics
Clash of the (Tech) Titans
This morning my Apple iPhone alarm woke me up. I turned it off. I scrolled through Instagram. Then Facebook, and Twitter. I replied to a message on Whats App. Then I googled the opening times of Starbucks, as I was meeting a friend there soon. On my iPhone I was hit by no fewer than…
The 3 Best Corona Leaders… and the 3 Worst
Let’s start with the worst. 3. Boris Johnson – UK Best Corona gaff: ‘I was at a hospital where there were a few coronavirus patients and I shook hands with everybody’. The quote above sums up pretty well Boris’ attitude of British exceptionalism in the face of Coronavirus. The virus may be causing havoc everywhere…
Can she Dance? Can she Jive? Is she Really Having the Time of her Life?
Theresa May has a new hobby. And who can blame her; maybe her dancing is a good distraction from her terrible politics. She was a woeful Foreign Secretary. Windrush- need we say more? Austerity. NHS and education cuts. Strong and Stable, whatever that meant; her current government is anything but. And let’s not forget the…
Why living abroad makes you appreciate the NHS so much more
While living abroad, it is difficult not to make comparisons with your home country. I have discovered this both now living in Chile and also two years ago when I studied abroad in Wisconsin for a year. This is often a completely useless and unhelpful thing to do. Every country has different histories, values, traditions…
Making Sense Of It All 