An inspirational event

Last week I was a guest speaker at an event in Bohunt School, Liphook and my brief was to inspire the students and to look at how best we can capture our learning. I had prepared the 40 minute presentation I was asked to give and had spent some time in thinking about how I [...]

One Law for All!!

On 11 February I took part in a demonstration in London in support of a campaign for one law in the UK and to express my opposition to the imposition of an alternative legal structure in the form of Sharia Law. The demonstration was organised by some very brave and fearless Muslim ladies all of [...]

Friday Rant on Friday 3 June

The financial crisis in Greece amounts to this. The nation has overspent on its credit card; many of the people refuse to recognise this so they take to the streets in protest at the fact that lenders will not continue to lend unless at usurial rates; the Greek government ask for a second loan to [...]

The Friday Rant on population and sustainability- 24 hours late

I was chairing and speaking at a conference last week on the theme of leadership to a group of owner/managers of businesses in the sustainability sector. A mix of companies in energy efficiency, carbon monitoring and green logistics were some of the areas of business that were represented. I was asked by the organisers to [...]

Today is my rant against politicians spending OPM (other peoples money)

I heard Nick Clegg say something to the effect that he did not come into politics to make cuts and Vince Cable said last night on TV that he would prefer to be Father Christmas handing out cheques to local communities. This type of thinking is little short of institutional bribery and is an example [...]

Rant: Question Time female panelist and Bin Laden

Never during all the years of watching the excellent BBC programme Question Time have I yelled so much abuse at “the box” in response to the inane comments of the female panelist with regard to the Special Forces killing of Bin Laden. She condemned the killing and insisted that those entering the compound should have [...]

The Royal Wedding Rant

I wish all who decide to embark upon marriage the best of luck and good fortune and all my life as far as I can remember I have been an admirer of the Queen and the work she does. I achieved the Duke of Edinburghs Gold Award and I was, and remain, A Queen’s Scout. [...]

Friday Rant – nine hours early on Thursday pm

I believe in the Tooth Fairy, Father Christmas, Gremlins, Winged Horses, Astrology, that Harry Potter is real and that the Stork delivered me. I also believe that Governments can go on borrowing money and that there will always be someone willing to lend at benevolent rates and who would not be fussed if the said [...]

Friday Rant Time again and it’s about events in Japan!

It has been a pleasant few days of warm dry weather in rural Dorset with 18.5 degrees showing on the thermometer in the garden and the spring bulbs providing a much-needed splash of colour. In a month or so the House Martins will return to the eaves and the Easter Egg hunt for the children [...]

It’s Friday Rant time – why do my taxes support the feckless

I have just paid my taxes due for year end April 2010 – in fact I paid them about a month late and incurred some interest charges that I paid yesterday. So all clear and “responsible citizen” status is duly conferred upon your blogger. As someone who runs a very small company and who pays [...]