January 25th, 2022. Updating the furore about the future of Boris Johnson I have previously been expressing the views that Johnson is toast. We are progressing faster to the stage where he is burnt toast. Here is a clip from 11 am this morning of the leader of the Metropolitan
January 16th, 2022. News of the Tsunami hitting Tonga after the volcanic explosion is just reaching the UK. I sincerely hope that the nation and people can recover and the death toll (if any) is low. By raising the following issues, I am not being unsympathetic, but being 12,000
January 9th, 2022. The New Year in the UK continues to amaze, with the difficulties of devolution presenting again. Chester FC, a non-league football side have been threatened with prosecution for breaking the Welsh Government’s Covid legislation. The problem is that the Welsh/English border runs through the stadium,
11th January 2022. It is a while since my last letter from Myanmar, mostly because my sources are drying up. They have managed to leave the country and make their way to the USA, Australia and the UK. Media sources are also becoming tight with the Junta clamping down on
January 4th, 2022. When people comment on the dangers to America, an often cited, but incorrect quote from Abraham Lincoln states that “America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.” Lincoln did in fact speak to
January 1st 2022. Happy New Year to both my readers and may we all have a better 2022 than 2021. Here in the UK, the restrictions on New Year’s Eve activities varied from country to country, with Wales and Scotland having severe restrictions (guidelines!). This has resulted in dozens
December 20th, 2021. Following on from my last letter, because of the fascinating Boris Johnson spectacular meltdown being played out in front of us I have arranged for extra supplies of popcorn to be shipped directly to my door. Joking aside, it really is getting fascinating watching the political theatre
December 19th, 2021. A couple of letters ago I suggested that we should get popcorn in, sit back and watch the Boris show. Well, I have ordered popcorn by the shedload to see me through the holiday and into the new year whilst we watch the Johnson administration collapse. Today,
December 16th, 2021. Well, as a result of the fallout from the MPs rebellion we are now on Plan B, or more probably Plan B and a bit. The forecast is for Plan C next week when the advice from the SAGE committee hardens. We are now getting almost as
December 14th, 2021. The fawning, even grovelling respect previously shown to Jacinda Ardern in the UK is continuing to dissipate and she is now a mixture of the butt of jokes and a sense of horror as the UK realises what her policies mean for democracy. Alex Belfield has got
December 12th, 2021. It is said that the demise of a politician or a political party starts when the citizens start laughing AT the political classes and not WITH them. With the events of the last week, with Boris Johnson denying that there had been a party, in breach of
11th December 2021 There will be little narrative to today’s story. I will let the pictures taken on Friday speak for themselves. Friday 10th December was International Human Rights Day and was marked in Myanmar by a nationwide strike. Nearly all businesses — particularly those in the regions of Yangon,
December 6th, 2021. One of the advantages of living in a small town 450 km from London is that sometimes things pass us by. So it is with Covid. Now that the tourists have gone home the town is quiet and peaceful. Everyone just gets on with things in a
November 26th, 2021. I have seen a couple of comments from readers suggesting that they may be looking at returning to the UK and asking what things are like over here. Well, I will start with a caveat and state that I am not an immigration advisor and nothing I
November 26th, 2021. Following on from my piece of 15 November it’s time for an update. Boris Johnson’s political capital is just about exhausted, and some MPs have lodged letters of no confidence with the 1922 Committee (the organisation of backbench MPs). Whilst nowhere near enough to trigger
November 15th In my letter dated 9 November I made the following comment: “Boris Johnson is toast. It may not be this week, it may not be this month, but he is on his way out”. The BFD In his piece in the Times newspaper on 13 November Matthew Parris,
