What affects us affects cats
We have become familiar with President Trump’s wildly conflicting statements on the Iran war he started illegally. One minute he is saying that the ‘talks’ are going very well with a peace deal on the near horizon and then soon after he declares that he is going to obliterate Iran! Up and down. Good …
Trump needs his brain to be reset! And the way to reset it is to take him to the Moon and to look back at our glorious but fragile blue planet. This invariably puts all human pettiness and stupidities – including the reason for devastating wars – into stark perspective. This is a known …
There is an article in The Times today about “homes built in flood-prone areas ‘will never get insurance’”. And rightly so, I would say. But surely housebuilders and those in charge of planning at the local council can find a way forward in agreeing to build innovatively. They could build concrete-based houses on stilts. …
On February 21, 2026, The Times reported that Ukraine is not losing its war against Vladimir Putin. President Volodymyr Zelensky is quoted as saying this month: “We are not losing.” Ukraine may not be losing, but neither is it winning. Nor, therefore, is Russia. The war has settled into a grinding stalemate. Both sides …
Sir Keir Starmer is fighting for his political life, or so the newspapers say. And there is truth in that. There are many reasons for his difficulties, not least a series of questionable decisions and what appears to be weak managerial control over both his government and his party. But I have a theory …
There is a bit of a debate going on at present on how many U-turns this Labour government have made since their landslide election victory on 5th July 2024. On LBC radio this morning the presenter mentioned 7 U-turns but The Times of 9th January states that there have been no less than a …
The UK Prime Minister, Sir Kier Starmer, and his cabinet plus his backbenchers are prioritising welfare in the UK over the defence of the nation. This at a time when the UK is under direct threat from Russia in terms of a hybrid war and in terms of outrageous declarations by Putin’s inner circle …
There are two (at least) main reasons why Mounjaro is not a drug that should be relied upon if one wants to lose weight because one is obese and perhaps has type II diabetes as a consequence. It cuts appetite and therefore you eat much less. The first reason is that you have to …
