Trump is such a ghastly ham. A man of bulk who wears long expensive overcoats and is used to being worshipped by all his followers. That doesn’t mean there’s no choreography when he delivers his Big Moment. As he marched into public view shortly after nine o’clock yesterday evening, he walked to a pre-agreed […]
April, 2025
Paddy misses out on a VC. Tsk, tsk, tsk.
I’ve just been listening to BBC Radio Six Counties, where they’re united in amazement that Blair Mayne from Newtownards (known as ‘Paddy’ in those good old days) was never awarded a Victoria Cross. Their wonder springs from the fact that Mayne – tall, good-looking, boxer, rugby player – was also a founder member of the […]
Dick and Donald
It’s not a perfect comparison, but when I see Donald Trump galumphing across my TV screen these days, I find myself remembering Dick Nixon. Ah , poor Dick Nixon. The faithful Deputy President of President Eisenhower, the man who in turned down a scholarship to Harvard because it would have involved too much travel expenses […]