No love for Love Island
As YouTube serves up videos of brawling passengers on Ryanair, it thinks I will like, I offer this satirical view of what is wrong with Brexit Britain… Read More …
Category: BREXIT
Is ‘BREXIT’ really Christmas for racists? Frankie Boyle thinks so and so do I. Theresa May tells us that she is doing it by the book. Sadly for us, that book appears to be Lord of the Flies…
STOP PRESS: Benidorm Expat Brexiteers shocked to learn they too are MIGRANTS!
After a recent Twitter spat, I removed the term ‘expat’ from this blog. It was pointed out by ‘Brextremists’ that ‘expat’ is an elitist term for MIGRANT! I’m OK with that, but down at Ye Olde English Pub in Benidorm, there is a sense that Spain should be grateful to the UK. LOL. Read More …
Springtime for Boris and Britain, Winter for Ireland and France
As Brexit looms ever closer and the opinions of a divided country become further entrenched, I humbly submit this short essay, where I attempt to take the hysteria out of the BREXIT debate, by pointing out that this has all been nothing more than a song-and-dance routine…
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It’s NOT OK Google!
Who does not love the free music of Spotify, apart from the gazillions of musicians, now unable to make a living? Who does not love 99cents books from Amazon or the Voice Assistants of Google, Siri and Alexa? I submit that these latest offerings are nothing less than a Trojan Horse. Neigh… Read More …
Down at the BREXIT Golf Club
Are you sitting comfortably? Then stop, it’s bad for you. Instead, read my reply to the little-Englanders, who claim that leaving the EU is akin to quitting a golf club. This, in a week when Britain loses its seat on the UN Court of Justice, for the first time ever. Meanwhile, down at the BREXIT golf club, trouble is brewing: Read More …
A funeral in Florence
Yesterday I sat through a five-thousand-word speech by British Prime Minister Theresa May. It was an hour of my life I will never be able to live again. In truth, I wasn’t expecting her to say anything that would add to the rehashed arguments about the state the UK now finds itself in. Nevertheless, I Read More …
Trump’s Golden Elevator
False anti-elitists that claim to represent the working class posing for the press in a golden elevator. Not a good sign! Does not want to move into The White House, because it is not as posh as Trump Tower. Another bad sign 🙁 Read More …
BREXIT What now for ex-pats
What will happen to ex-pats in Spain and other European countries when the UK leaves the EU? Actually, nobody really knows, but after 13 years of living in Spain, I can make a pretty good guess. Read More …