Politics – Peter Ball is …….

We visited the Houses of Parliament

Today Val and I were in London to meet our local Member of Parliament (Ben Goldsborough). Neither of us had been before and so we really didn’t know what to expect. We had been given instruction from Ben’s personal secretary Cathy on what to do, where to go and what time to be there. WeContinue reading “We visited the Houses of Parliament”

Senator Cory Booker breaks a record

Sen. Cory Booker on Tuesday broke the record for the longest Senate floor speech as he protested against President Trump’s policies. The New Jersey Democrat spoke for longer than Sen. Strom Thurmond’s 24 hour and 18 minute address in 1957. Courtesy of Youtube and CBS News #Politics#USA

The signal Trump Scandal continues

March 27, 2025 From Heather Cox Richardson Today, Wired reported that it had found four more Venmo accounts associated with the Trump administration officials who participated in the now-infamous Signal chat about a planned military attack on the Houthis in Yemen. A payment on one of them was identified only with an eggplant emoji, which is commonlyContinue reading “The signal Trump Scandal continues”

I find it difficult

I find it difficult to find things to write about. There is so much happening around me and its always difficult to decide what I should put to my journal. Today (26/03/2025) our Chancellor of the Exchequer brought a whole new range of measures to Parliament which she assured the house would put the countryContinue reading “I find it difficult”

I’m often amazed

I’m often amazed at how much other people seem to have considered the problems of the world and have solutions that they are convinced byI find that quite admirable and it makes me (briefly) feel inadequate and not very clever Currently the world seems doomed to disaster as we regularly have reached 50C in manyContinue reading “I’m often amazed”