Even before the polling stations open tomorrow morning for this ill conceived general election I will be on my way to the Orkney and Shetland islands. Mrs Theresa May says she decided to call for an election whilst walking in Wales. For the first time since becoming involved in politics in the 1980s I will […]

I will be having Afternoon Tea in Stansted with Baroness Shirley Williams on Saturday. The following is an extract from the publicity material that has resulted in a “full house” for what promises to be a well timed event as a result of the expected General Election in June. Shirley was on Radio 4’s Today programme […]

Two weeks ago today I was asked by Stansted’s Business Forum to put the case for the UK remaining in the EU. The following are my personal reasons that I offered to forum members over breakfast. ……………………………………….. When I lived and worked in Indonesia in the early 1980s I was often asked “Where do you come from”? […]

Two whole months will have passed in two days’ time since the general and local elections. I have been told it’s time I restarted my blog, so here goes. What may turn out to me a more significant vote than those on May 7th takes place today in Greece. Will the Greek people reject a […]