Even a six-week UK general election isn't really producing enough content to fill twenty-four-hour news. Nothing substantive happens. Journalists interview each other, or open up items by posing questions that they've cooked up themselves. "Should we be concerned that ..." Remembering all the fuss about the televised debates, I love the way they were scheduled for before the launch of the manifestos.
So many questions are hypothetical now. What will parties do if there's a hung parliament? Will you work with the party that said yesterday, it wouldn't work with you? liked the politician the other day, don't know which one, who said: "I'm sorry if my answers are getting in the way of your questions," and shut the interviewer up for a good, oh, two seconds. Bored with the leading questions, pushing for an answer that can be used in the next news bulletin.
Even a six-week UK general election isn't really producing enough content to fill twenty-four-hour news. Nothing substantive happens. Journalists interview each other, or open up items by posing questions that they've cooked up themselves. "Should we be concerned that ..." Remembering all the fuss about the televised debates, I love the way they were scheduled for before the launch of the manifestos. Comments are closed.
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Mind you, if you get a sense of deja vu when reading my work, that may be because you've lived this life before. Where are we now? We're hurtling round the sun, held to the ground by a weak force that we don’t begin to understand, arguing about trade deals between the land masses on a planet mostly covered by water.
The dolphins must think us ridiculous. No wonder they only come to the shallow water to play with us, not to signal their most complex philosophies. More. Riddle. It takes two to make me, but when I'm made, I'm only a memory. What am I? Scroll down to find out.
Is that a catastrophe I see before me? Could be. There was a clear sky earlier, but now clouds are encroaching from the North. We could be in for a storm. More.
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Here is yet another page of old blog posts and other writings. Sorry, but I need my metaphorical sock drawer for metaphorical socks. The link to the page is right at the end of the paragraph here.
Roads without end
Here is a passage from a review of the book The Road to Somewhere by David Goodhart. I haven't read the book (yet), but the collected reviews would make a worthwhile set of political arguments in their own right. More.
State of the Union
Several commentators today saying that they've lost confidence in the US. Making their point by talking up the glories of the past. After two weeks of this administration, they're not going back.
Were they wrong, and they've seen the light? Or has the US changed? I guess the latter is the intended meaning. But we should at least acknowledge the possibility... More. Categories
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