Election TV Debates

Well I didn’t think it would really be worth watching but somehow or other I let myself drift into watching the leaders’ debate on BBC1. The publicity around Jeremy Corbyn’s last minute decision to join in was what probably did it. But the main thing I was interested in, trying to work out what is happening with Brexit, barely came up. This was one of the consequences of Theresa May’s decision not to participate. This makes her a bad sport and created the opportunity for some humour at her expense. I particularly liked the one about ‘not so much the lady’s not for turning as the lady’s not for turning up’ from Angela Rayner. But without the big woman of Brexit being there it didn’t really allow for much debate on the issue. It was also the case that the questions from the studio audience didn’t really call up the subject much either. So it was left to Tim Farron to talk most about it.

Why I Am Angry With Jeremy Corbyn

The Conservatives have managed to annoy and frustrate me quite often throughout my life.  The list now includes having a Brexit election in the middle of the Brexit process that barely mentions Brexit, while I have set up a blog to talk about Brexit as it happens.   But today it isn’t the Conservatives but Labour that have annoyed me.  This morning Jeremy Corbyn managed to fluff his lines when talking about his party’s  Childcare proposals.

The Brexit Election Where Nobody Talked About Brexit

I have followed politics moderately closely for about 40 years now.  In that time I have absorbed a lot of information and spent a great deal of time.  I now discover that despite all that effort I don’t really have a clue about it.  None of my predictions of what was likely to happen politically have remotely come to pass.  I did manage to place a bet on the result of the last election and to lose it.   But I laid it off with another bet that recouped my stake.  So that is about how much I know - enough to be able to work out a backup plan.

Why Brexit Is Like A Dead Zebra And Will Lead To Socialism

Top predators like lions and tigers look impressive.  And indeed they often are impressive - hunting down their prey and killing it with clinical precision and controlled ferocity.  But the reality is that isn’t what they do most of the time.  They get most of their diet from scavenging carcasses.  Their large size and deadly teeth are mainly used to scare off smaller scavengers from the choicest parts of dead animals that they just chance upon.