Category Archives: Elections

Addendum – More than Two Hours late

My first post today has already commented upon the lack of professionalism of the live stream promised on the Liberal Democrat website not appearing as a live stream at all, after a much hyped “Leader`s Speech” from Vince, so I … Continue reading

Posted in Elections, Politics, Radical Liberal | Leave a comment

My Radical reaction to Vince`s speech

  Hello I feel a blog coming on I am starting to write this blog post at around 9am on Friday 7th September because there has been a lot of publicity over the last few days that Liberal Democrat Party … Continue reading

Posted in Elections, Politics, Radical Liberal | Tagged | 2 Comments

Brazil presidency 2018

Brazil presidency 2018 It is Election year again in Brazil this year and we have already had a Facebook promise to take down fake news pages (which prompted demonstrations outside FB offices claiming the pages were not fake!) so I … Continue reading

Posted in Brazil General, Elections, Politics | Leave a comment

Channeling the anger part 2

Channeling the anger part 2 Since writing my post about channeling MY anger, it has become apparent that the Federal Conference Committee (FCC) of the Liberal Democrats has angered a whole other group of people (to which I also belong!) … Continue reading

Posted in Elections, emotions, Environment & Sustainable Development, Peace, Politics, Radical Liberal | 1 Comment

Poking a Hornets` nest…

Well, well, well.  I appear to have stirred up something of a hornets nest in my modest political world. Following on the heels of a successful conference to celebrate 30 years of the Green Liberal Democrat pressure group within the … Continue reading

Posted in Elections, Environment & Sustainable Development, Politics, Radical Liberal | Leave a comment

Liberal Democracy – which way forward?

Liberal Democracy – which way forward? Becoming Radical It has become clear in the last 24 hours that my hobby horse suggesting Tim Farron should stay as leader has been hobbled by the jockey declaring he was “at peace” with … Continue reading

Posted in Article 50, Birthday, Elections, electoral reform, Environment & Sustainable Development, Politics | Tagged , , , , | 3 Comments

June Election 2017 – whither now?

June Election 2017 – whither now? I had a proxy vote for the June Election because I returned to Brazil for my 70th birthday party (some of you may have seen the pictures from that very enjoyable day) so I … Continue reading

Posted in Elections, electoral reform, Environment & Sustainable Development, Peace, Politics, Radical Liberal | Tagged | 4 Comments

Survival – Climate Change, Nuclear Power and other “stuff”

Back in the Fold #6 Survival – Climate Change, Nuclear Power and other “stuff” I just published one blog today so I was not anticipating writing any more so soon,but a headline on a news article caught my attention and … Continue reading

Posted in Elections, Politics | Tagged , , | 3 Comments

I should be gardening – Brazilian Conspiracy and British Politics

I should be gardening – BUT … I should be gardening today (started writing this on Thursday!) after yesterday’s rain and today`s early morning sunshine … but … conspiracy is afoot. Or, at least, some of the conspiracy that has … Continue reading

Posted in Brazil General, Elections, Politics | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Time and tide

Time and tide To paraphrase someone famous – “there is a time and tide in the affairs of men and women…” – mmm could it have been Shakespeare? Anyway, I believe that time is now and the tide has just … Continue reading

Posted in Elections, European referendum, History | Tagged | 3 Comments