battle of Britain

26 days ago

The two minute silence was anything but, we are losing our respect as we forget in ignorance

At 10.45 AM, the family all trooped up the hill to what is known as the Cross, the heart of our village of Holt near Wrexham where the war memorial stands. My nine year old son Joshua knows about the World Wars and is, as I write, penning an essay plan for me on “for who was Dunkirk a disaster?” Even soon to be five Jaya is aware of something of our history as a nation and also as a family.

3733 days ago

Comrade Jeremy Corbyn perfectly right NOT to sing the (lamentable) National Anthem

I am sure that this podcast will not make me more popular but like Comrade Corbyn I stick to principle rather than craving cheap adoration. God Save the Queen is a lamentably poor national anthem and I compare it to those of other countries, notably Ireland. It celebrates servitude not freedom. Surely that is not what it means to be English or British? Corbyn showed no disrespect in not singing this song at the Battle of Britain memorial service and the attacks on him are cheap and unpleasant. I now put on my tin hat and wait for the abuse.