Tag: Brexit
A FULL ENGLISH BREXIT: a poetic lament by PETER MORTIMER
Soft brexit, hard brexit,
rough brexit, smooth brexit,
loud brexit, quiet brexit,
brexit to go,
brexit to stay,
brexit on toast, brexit by the coast,
brexit here, brexit there,
brexit every-blooming-where,
some...
Will Brexit bug become the bane of the British banger?
Before I tackle the latest threat to the British banger, let me mention a historical and fictional one that it called to mind.
How many...
How the young could win Britain a better Brexit
Still a mere Thirty-Something herself, CARO FENTIMAN directs an election battle cry at Generation Youth
For those of us fearful of opening a newspaper each morning...
A modern fairy tale: but no happy ending
I went to a fantastic performance at Newcastle’s Theatre Royal on Thursday, Northern Ballet’s new production based on that old fairy tale, Beauty and the...
Taunted for her tears: the nastiness of newspapers on behalf of...
WHAT exactly is this ‘peoples’ revolution’ I keep hearing about? Did I miss the explanatory memo from the People’s Revolutionary Committee or something?
Oddly, the...
Not ashamed to be British: ashamed of our leaders
It’s time for a public retraction. When, to my horror, the UK voted for Brexit on 23rd June, and particularly when the result was...
How old is old?
How old is old? I’ve never thought age matters much. To be sure, when I was a young teacher I thought the head, well...
Goggling in disbelief
The political meltdown continues. We find ourselves watching, goggling in disbelief, as one party hands out to cronies, and the other continues to destroy...
Raising positive voices
My good friend and fellow blogger Keith Hann observed in a Tweet the other day that my last full blog for Voice of the...
Great news! We’re NOT leaving the EU! That Brexit thing was...
GREAT NEWS! Contrary to all you may have read or heard, Britain is NOT leaving the EU.
Brexit was all a bad dream. Like a...
