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Despite all the money flooding in, he Felt like a beggar. Even being PM had Given him a poor return on the lies he’d Invested in his future, when he’d… Continue Reading
Richard Pierce – author, poet, painter
Despite all the money flooding in, he Felt like a beggar. Even being PM had Given him a poor return on the lies he’d Invested in his future, when he’d… Continue Reading
So, politics for a change. Johnson is live on TV right now, and has just said that he hadn’t realised the Premiership was a relay race and that the rules… Continue Reading
The rain woke me at 2am. It sounded like the gutters of all the houses in the street were overflowing. The noise was overwhelming, and the sound of the water… Continue Reading
When the Tories won the UK general election in 2010 and formed a coalition government with the Liberal Democrats, we warned that democracy would come under threat. When Cameron and… Continue Reading
Yesterday evening, on the phone to my son, O, I reminded him that I was on holiday this week, and then went on to complain that I’d not got anything… Continue Reading
The law is nothing more than a word; Not binding, Not final, Not judging, Nor right. The law is nothing more than a sentiment; No meaning, No commitment, No vow,… Continue Reading
And now the world is at the stage Where we can’t say The sun will rise tomorrow Nature will have its way Everything will be alright. Humankind has brutalised this… Continue Reading
They say a week is a long time in politics. One minute is a long time in world economics. Within a minute of the result of the EU referendum… Continue Reading
with apologies to Lewis Carroll The sun was shining on the sea,Shining with all his might:He did his very best to makeThe billows smooth and bright–And this was odd, because… Continue Reading