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Archive for December, 2007

So here we are again, a brand new start with a New Year – 2008 ! However, I must confess that I have never been a great fan of the event although I can remember four consecutive ones that were very amusing and in the end, great fun. Read the rest of this entry »

Three pictures from a December morning down by the River Brue Read the rest of this entry »

Defence of the Realm is concerned with external military aggression against these islands or, the interests of the people of these islands which could involve us militarily far beyond our shores. As an island people with an extensive coastline, Read the rest of this entry »

It is inevitable in peace time that regardless of the political complexion of the Government, defence spending is cut in favour of health, welfare, education and so on because that is what the taxpayer’s want. Read the rest of this entry »

It was mooted that the “Blairite Camp” wanted David Miliband to stand as an alternative to Gordon Brown on the change of ‘leadership’ of the Labour Party, it never happened and the slightly pompous “Milly” has become Foreign Secretary in the Brown Government. The consequence of which Read the rest of this entry »

Perhaps the most extraordinary thing about Gordon Brown is his total lack of courage and decisiveness on key issues. His failure to deal with the EU Constitution culminating in yesterday’s farcical signing of it by Brown speaks volumes about the man. Read the rest of this entry »

A lot of American TV is total dross but equally, the same commercial system can produce ground breaking drama such as Hill Street, Murder One, Sopranos and The West Wing which is still a total favourite of mine. The two terms of ‘Jeb Bartlett’ as a President of the United States, Read the rest of this entry »

I am no gardener, it has never been my “thing” but my Parents always enjoyed it. In the three and a half years since moving down to Somerset, I have trimmed and pruned as the seasons required but unfortunately, given my Mother’s total lack of organisation – find a space and fill it regardless, the whole garden needs to be totally re-engineering. Spaces need to be defined and allocated in short, I need to build a new garden ! Read the rest of this entry »

My background is in being an IT Project Manager but as a ‘user’ of IT personally, as my main passion is photography and graphics, I need reasonably powerful machines with plenty of main and back-up storage but not being a computer games player, have no need for “over-clocked” extremities that they go in for. I recently decided to retire my general purpose PC to testing duties and upgrade another PC I already had to replace it, I won’t bore you with all the intimate technicalities.

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Our politicians of all parties have failed to provide clear ideas and direction in terms of the UK’s Foreign Policy and relationships with the rest of the world. As a consequence we don’t have a cogent defence policy and the taxpayer’s money is being spent inappropriately. Read the rest of this entry »