I heard a good comment tonight by Paul Embery that "the political class has got its head in the sand" and those politicians who are blaming social media, 'the far right', particular named persons such as Tommy Robinson, Nigel Farage or Elon Musk, and other groups such as foreign states using disinformation are "not fit …
Tag: language
The Scottish EU Party
The Scottish National Party (SNP) is really the Scottish EU Party – the political party in Scotland that wants to take Scotland back into the European Union. For many decades the SNP has 'explained' its concept of an 'independent' Scotland as being 'independent in Europe', by which it means the European Union. This is simply …
Picasso politics
The fragmented Cubism of Pablo Picasso's pictures is a parable of the fragmented politics in the UK and possibly western politics in general. Russia's Putin and China's Xi are watching western politics fall apart. Russia is flexing its muscles militarily and China economically. The west has lost the necessary leadership because of its fragmented morality …
We all speak many languages
Many people think that they speak one language, but this is not so. There are more languages than ethnic languages – there are professional languages, the language of hobbies, sport, etc. The average person would not understand a medical conversation, nor a discussion between lawyers, but the same would be true of a football coaching …
Donald's Thoughts 