Observations of the UK and its Earthly neighbours
It’s a shame Brits aren’t taught much of their own history. Any shortened story of Northern Ireland needs to begin four hundred years ago with the Ulster Plantation (when James VI+I was on the throne, a lasting Scottish achievement). It’s complex, and you can’t understand present cultural divisions without knowing their history. But if you …
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The UK is miserly with social security. There’s a logic that this makes people look for work, which makes them better off. We won’t go into that, but Saint Rishi added £20 per week to the dole (Universal Credit) when Covid landed, which is an admission that it’s not enough to live on. £20 a …
Continue reading “Universal Credit Top Up To Go – Who eats bread and who eats cake?”
It appears the pandemic’s been cancelled. Honest Boris (used cars and UK health decision maker-in-chief) has declared the country will return to normal on the 19th of July. All evil/socialist/foreign restrictions on British Liberty, like masks and closed nightclubs, will be done away with and we’ll be a Free People again… at least in England, …
Continue reading “Covid Over, Herd Immune Already? What’s the Safe Age?”
The majority of EU countries, and a half-dozen others, started using their Covid certificate today. It’s a standardised way of proving vaccine and test status, and thus a way to allow unrestricted travel. It looks an awful lot like this . Maybe I should reconsider my career options. Isn’t it amazing what countries can do …