Above: Nigel Farage, the leader of UKIP The UK, or perhaps in this context I should say Great Britain, has always had a particular love/hate attitude towards the denizens of other countries. Maybe it’s because at one point we pretty much ruled the world. A […]
Image above via BasPhoto / Shutterstock.com The results from the European elections have been wrist-slitting depressing. It seems as though the tide of European politics is turning and there appears to be no sharper indicator of this than the contrasting fortunes of the U.K Independence Party […]
If you’ve been driving around England as much as I have recently I trust you will have seen the U.K Independence Party’s (UKIP) new GBP1.5m poster campaign. The campaign is risible at best, and I feel as though left wing media outlets have done a […]
This week heralded the birth of a friend’s twins. It’s the first birth that has come from within my friendship group, and what has been the resounding feeling amongst all those who have visited their small house hence the birth is unbridled joy. Step foot […]
A guilty pleasure of mine has always been a harmless bit of pantomime, so when I returned to the U.K this Christmas I was disappointed to learn that all the theaters were showing that stupid old one where immigrants come to the U.K to take […]
Life is full of irony. Just ask Alanis Morissette – though make sure you’re sitting down comfortably for the answer. Take David Cameron (please, someone take David Cameron… and put him back in the box of pale, waxy candlesticks from whence he most assuredly emerged); […]
