Journey of Words

Tag: Politics

  • on the train

    It makes me sad that we have to do thisPick up a trayTake off our coatsPlace them with our bagsWatch them being watchedAs they go through a scannerWe’re just catching the 10:10hAcross the plainThrough orange and olive grovesPassing lemon trees glintingIn the low winter sun breaking over the sierrasOnce the only barrier between Murcia and →

  • on time

    in the end they sawcorruption, lies, self-interestturning of the tide ~ n.b. Yep, the Tories are gone. The grown ups are back in charge. People before profit. Public service before party politics. Here’s hoping! CLP 05/07/2024 →

  • on problem solving

    there had been a few recentlyone fell from the skyanother found slave labourin Arctic conditions too muchfor his indefatigable heartthen, a callous shootingin an Alicante car parkled to a burnt out carsome singularly preciseothers incurred the dismissive useof the dreadful termcollateral damage, for example, aircrewor members of the Salisbury publican English police officera public cinemathe →

  • Mr Johnson, I presume

    Uhmmm. Aaargh. Well. No, no, no.Well. Aaargh. Uhmmm. But, but, but. What, what, what, what you have to un, un, understandUhmmm. Aaargh. Well. No, no, no.Well. Aaargh. Uhmmm. But, but, but.You, you, you need to appreciate the con, con, contextUhmmm. Aaargh. Well. No, no, no.Well. Aaargh. Uhmmm. But, but, but.I, I, I have given you →

  • on guns

    they come fully armedwith land, money, privilegefingers on triggers ~ n.b. An industry always prepared to send warning shots over the heads of the little people who want fewer guns, fewer needless deaths, limits on gun power in the UK. Remember Dunblane. Never forget, one man on the run with a gun is one too →

  • on Ukraine

    UN takes twelve monthsto condemn and demand enduniversalapplause ~ n.b. It only took the UN a year to put together such a clear statement. Meanwhile, in the grand scheme of things…people have died, homes destroyed, the business of war enriched. Honestly, a year. FFS. CLP 24/02/2024 →

  • on truth

    now the hole storyliar by his omissionsoutline of events ~ n.b. With this UK government, it’s what they don’t say we have to be careful of; the unknown knowns, so to speak. CLP 31/01/2023 →

  • on time

    heavily moatedNorman Conquest castle sitemonarchic stasis ~ n.b. Some argue that England has never recovered from this military land-grab and its top-down government. There was nothing civilising about the Roman dictatorship, nor the Norman invasion. Our revolution of 1642 – 1660 ultimately failed. Look at us! We still have unelected Lords involved in setting legislation →

  • on time

    talk me through againhow you stayed for me, for usyou liar, you spiv ~ n.b. I rarely do politics… CLP 07/07/2022 →

  • on Ukraine

    scorched earth policyblood and bone enrich the soilis this what it needs? ~ n.b. While the nonsense drags on in London, the senseless slaughter continues in Ukraine. Nobody wins. Day 133. CLP 06/07/2022 →