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Let It Go … Let It Go
Are you a determined person? Are you someone who prides yourself on getting a job done, on never giving up, on staying loyal come what may? Or are you a person who might persevere a little less than others (let’s not say fall at the first hurdle), someone who is prepared to put so much…
Being Here
How are you and how are you getting on? Are you enjoying the respite of quiet contemplation or are you longing to get out there again? Have you been filling your lockdown time with Zoom meetings (and did you know much about them before the middle of March) with office folk and Zoom after-hours parties…
Following the Leader
“Now is not the time for soundbites … I feel the hand of history on my shoulder.” That quote actually belongs to Tony Blair but it could work well for our present PM, Boris Johnson. What a time he has had of it. He survived a near-miss with Covid-19 and then, in the same month,…
Lockdown and the Power of Persuasion
Currently, we are facing another three weeks of lockdown, possibly even longer. So it feels ever more important to look at the way this situation is being presented in order to work out the best possible outcome. We hear evidence that social distancing is effective in controlling the spread of Covid-19 and that we…
The Best of Us … The Worst of Us
“It was the age of wisdom; it was the age of foolishness.” The opening lines from A Tale of Two Cities, written by Charles Dickens in 1859, sound a strikingly familiar chord today. We have made extraordinary advances in science and technology but, at the same time, we have ruthlessly used and abused our environment,…
Coronavirus – Keeping A Head
Was it only the beginning of March that some of us were laughing off this dreadful virus? Lots of jokes were doing the rounds via the internet and most people were carrying on as normal. What a difference a couple of weeks makes. Now it is no laughing matter. There is stockpiling, social distancing, escaping…
A Borderline Problem
How would you feel if someone in a position to know told you that you were “emotionally unstable” or diagnosed you with a “borderline personality disorder (BPD)”? The first diagnosis might bring on a feeling of indignation … “How dare you! Who are you to judge me so?” while the second – if you’ve heard…
The Hazards Of Identity Politics
I was going to write something non-contentious for this blog but then I read about Labour leadership contender Rebecca Long Bailey’s aim to “stamp out” transphobia. Soon afterwards came the judge’s ruling on “hate speech” in which Mr Justice Julian Knowles warned Britain is heading towards an Orwellian society if it isn’t careful. His warning…
