Tag Archives: Daily Mail

Will the Tories persuade the Queen to turbo-charge our Nation?


This group of words emerged as headline in the Daily Mail last Tuesday and the article focused on a recent group of calls by the Government to try to persuade our Queen to turbo-charge our nation. The word turbo-charge has … Continue reading

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How Politicians and Journalists should correct their mistakes


As I wrote yesterday, all journalists get things wrong some of the time because like the rest of us, they are all human and we all make mistakes. Of course just like Politicians and unlike most people, they have teams … Continue reading

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An interesting, if concerning access point to Central Government


As the Government tries to resolve its decision making, on the one hand we have reflections that in the last 7 weeks the call by the government for the UK to acquire coronavirus ‘herd immunity’ is not working and the … Continue reading

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Two Brexiteer journalists named Simon point out its catastrophic impact


There are many journalists who either personally or corporately oppose our remaining in the EU. However as they attempt to carry out their work it becomes clearer and clearer that our departure from the EU is nonsensical and that we … Continue reading

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Ignorance shared by Daily Mail & Nigel Farage!


When I woke up this morning I spotted a Daily Mail headline for an article by Chris Pleasance which stated “Nigel Farage vows return to front line politics to attack Theresa May’s ‘fraudulent’ Chequers plan” My initial reaction was a … Continue reading

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Visible Policing – A mixture of views


This morning three stories or issues are alive on social media that relate to the actions of police forces. The first I spotted was the news of the tragic shooting of two women in Bexhill last night. The fact that … Continue reading

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The Brexit-Tears are pouring out


The vote last night in Parliament was of course a minor point in a much bigger process and anyone who either supported Amendment 7 (as I did) or who opposed it (as the tweets here display) knows that there is … Continue reading

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A challenge for all of us!


According to Iain Duncan Smith, the Trussell Trust are scaremongering when they suggest that the increased use of foodbanks over recent years is in part linked to welfare reforms. As the Daily Mail reports, Mr Duncan Smith wrote to the … Continue reading

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Baby knows best!


This week 60 young residents of Brighton and their mothers took a stand in Brighton and due to the wonder of twitter and facebook, the nations media paid attention. The Breast Feeding flash mob was not the most important event … Continue reading

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