A Rotten Councillor My old blog balaam.wibsite.com can no longer be accessed. Using the Wayback machine I am trying to save whatever can be saved, There are no images available for these old blogs. This blog is from 3 May 2012 Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England. On Christmas Day 1977, the Sex Pistols played their last …
Category: Politics
Kakocracy
Kakocracy My old blog balaam.wibsite.com can no longer be accessed. Using the Wayback machine I am trying to save whatever can be saved, There are no images available for these old blogs. This blog is from 1 May 2012 Britain is back in recession. This was yesterday’s headline. In the first quarter of 2012 Britain …
The world is going crazy
Another blog which was written in the period in which I retired, this one the main draft was a month ago. Political confusion continues. In the US the President, Donald Trump, continues to hold rallies as if he were electioneering despite it being under a year since he was elected. I continue to be unesy …
Cladding
It would take extreme circumstances for aluminium to ignite, but the conditions in Grenfell Tower were nothing if not extreme.
Everyone loses
There are no winners. The UK General Election 2017 that is. Prime Minister Theresa May called a General Election to be held just eleven days before the Brexit negotiations were about to start. There was no need to call one, her party had a majority in the House of Commons. Whatever her motives were it …
Terrorism
Two days ago I blogged on terrorism. Today I am numb. A suicide bomber has targeted a pop concert in Manchester. At the last count 22 have been killed, the youngest an 8 year old girl. My prayers are with the victims, their families and the people of Manchester. But we do not hate. Hate …
Terrorists
Today the radio news announced that the main political parties are to suspend campaigning in respect to MP Jo Cox, who was murdered by a right wing extremist one year ago. My question to the media is this. Why do you use the word terrorist for extremists from within the Muslim communities, but not for …
W.M.M.D?
W.M.M.D? What may May do? She took me by surprise, I was not expecting that at all. Theresa May has called a General Election. After constantly saying that this government would go full term, she has suddenly announced an election. It seems that unlike our previous female Prime Minister, this lady is for turning. I …
WWDTD
What Would Donald Trump Do? I do not know, I really, really do not know. It is easy to judge a politician by his rhetoric, ever one who has only recently had to reluctantly admit that he is a politician. And many are doing. But I am waiting. I am waiting for President Donald Trump …
Defriending Christians
Anti-social media Following the brexit vote, I friend of mine made this announcement on Facebook: Seems a lot of Christians on here, when it comes to politics, have temporarily forgotten what "love your neighbour as yourself" means... So I have had to temporarily unfollow some folks due to that... A sad indictment. Some of the …
Making an ass of myself 