Rant of the day

MY WALKING TOUR (4) I am off on my annual walking tour tomorrow, so no blogging for a while. Back in June. Walter Blotscher

U.K. IMMIGRATION (4) The British Conservative Party has long had a target to reduce net migration (immigration less emigration) to under ...

A SILLY LAW The Danish Government, like many others, has long been worried about the possibility (not documented, as far as I know) of ram...

UKIP (2) The anti-E.U., anti-immigrant, U.K. Independence Party harvested almost 4 million votes in the recent U.K. general election , but...

ICE HOCKEY (9) Canada duly won the world championships in Prague this evening, thrashing Russia 6-1 in the final. The Canadians were all-...

BURUNDI Burundi looks like becoming yet another African country to go pear-shaped. The starting point, as so often in cases like this, is ...

MOVING HOUSE My mother-in-law moved into her new house today. Since the whole family were gathered for Ascension Day  yesterday, we all ch...