Why political gesturing make broken promises — I have no objection to stopping for a moment to remember the lives of all the people who went to work that day and had no idea they would not be going home. And all the people who, through mere chance alone, found themselves on one of the very few…

Why moaning about wearing face masks in public places makes you a total fucking prick. Especially if you are a Tory. — When you complain about having to wear your face covering, please bearing something in mind. Imagine you are a police officer. Committed to your job. …

Why £1.5bn for the arts is an insult — Birmingham Town Hall and Symphony Hall has had to publish worrying news about redundancies. Easy to find details online — Google it. Here’s my response to the issue from Facebook. Is it time to get realistic? Think of those buildings. What are they going to do with them? Knock them down? Convert them? No. They are going to…

What is it that makes people vote like an ignorant moron? — Imagine there is a man standing over a homeless person who is sleeping rough on a freezing night. He crouches down and takes all the change out of the homeless person’s collection cup. Then he stands again, and continues watching as the homeless person shivers. Meanwhile, another man stumbles out of…

Why the election result is a sad indictment of our society — We will be hearing all the analysis, all the finger-pointing, all the blame. The BBC and many of its reporters will be rubbing their hands together in despicable glee as Boris Johnson rubs one off on the sofa at number 10. The Tories, and all their voters, will be relishing…