Film title: Disobedience (2017) Director: Sebastián Lelio Disobedience is a compelling and beautiful film relating the transgression of two women in a more than conservative society run by men and religion. Nothing new you might say, but that is what makes the film even better. It is a drama that anyone can relate to […]
Brexit Musings (44) – Mister Johnson, I Presume?
We have just been traversing a terrifying jungle ridden with dangers and now come face to face with an unexpected creature who is just waiting to finish us off. He answers to the name, Mister Johnson. Is it just possible that Mister Johnson represents the missing link between the rational and the irrational? Or am […]
A Day At The Beach In The Name Of Freedom
Frail men in their late nineties gazed into the Normandy sky at what may have been. A grateful president saluted them with the respect that underscores the grandeur of their courage. Fifteen thousand people listened to the wise words of a world leader who is too young to have known the calamities of war and […]
Citizens In Distress – The Mental Strain Of A No-Deal Brexit
If we reflect on the situation of EU citizens in the UK and British citizens in the EU-27, nothing has really changed since the referendum vote three years ago. Although an agreement concerning our fate was reached in December 2017, it very much depends on the whole withdrawal deal being accepted by Westminster. This is […]
EUROPE: Les Affaires Internes d’Emmanuel Macron
Je ne peux pas nier la vérité. Marine Le Pen a remporté les élections au Parlement européen face à Emmanuel Macron. Son nouveau parti, le Rassemblement National, a fait le même score que l’ancien, le Front National, l’avait fait aux élections européennes de 2014. Obtenir un quart des voix est un score élevé pour un […]
Internal Affairs – How Marine Le Pen And Emmanuel Macron Misused The European Elections
I cannot deny the truth. Marine Le Pen won the European Parliament elections in France, with a whopping 23% after just over half the electorate had decided to go out and vote. Her new party, the Rassemblement National, has performed just as well as her old party, the Front National, did in the European elections […]
European Parliament – 50 Shades Of Green
If the newly elected Green MEP’s can convince the others to bike it between Brussels and Strasbourg, voting Green will not have been a waste of time. Not that I voted Green, of course. Shame on me. Has my subscription to an electronic version of Nature Climate Change (no dead trees for me) tought me […]
Madame May, Partez Et Emportez Votre Brexit!!
Theresa May a finalement compris que personne ne l’aime et certains la détestent – en tant que premère ministre, bien entendu. Si je suis honnête avec moi-meme, je me sens en partie désolé pour Madame May. Elle me rappelle une belle-mère avec qui vous vous disputez sans cesse mais qui vous rend très triste quand […]
Bye-Bye Mrs May And Take Your Brexit With You!
Theresa May has finally realised that nobody actually likes her and many more even hate her – as a politician, that is, not as a person. I am not to judge what sort of person she is. If I’m honest, there’s a part of me that feels sorry for Mrs M. She reminds me of […]
Democratic Britain? EU Citizens Denied Vote In European Elections
Today, under Theresa May, many EU citizens have been denied the right to vote in their own elections. What would happen tomorrow under Boris Johnson? Reports that many EU citizens living in the UK have been denied voting rights in the European parliament elections defy belief. It was so easy for me to […]