The U.K. was considered to be a stable democracy, a reliable partner on the world stage, today this ended when Brandon Lewis, the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, announced to parliament, in the House of Commons, that the so called Government of the not so United Kingdom intended to break international law ‘in very specific and limited way’ in Brandon Lewis’s weasel words. Doesn’t matter which way they spin this, it’s still an unlawful act, that directly assaults the rule of law and undermines the world order. The U.K. is now… Read More

Amazing picture from todays protests in Belarus! The power of peaceful protest is being demonstrated day after day to the world. Putin and the rest of his cabal of fellow dictors are hopefully rightfully shitting their beds watching this! Solidarity Belarus #StandWithBelarus

An excellent article on Vox.com from 2018 discussing Fascism, Truth and Trump. Yale Professor Jason Stanley provides his thoughts on what Fascism is and how it functions in the modern world. Obviosuly events have moved on significantly since 2018 and we can now see how the usage of Fascist techniques by politcians and governments has enabled a creep to Fascism and a sustained attack on freedom and democracy. https://www.vox.com/2018/9/19/17847110

On the morning of 24th June 2016 my world was turned upside down, the UK had voted to leave the EU! I couldn’t believe the British public had been duped into this. What did this mean for my family, my Polish partner and step son? And then the overwhelming sense of guilt hit me as I hadn’t even made the effort to vote myself. I’d failed to enact my democratic right, through apathy, a belief that as a nation we collectively had the sense to see through the lies, the threat this… Read More