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The beginning of the end of Brexit

Mar 12, 2019 | Brexit, On My Mind, Politics

Another massive defeat for the PM. Finally can we begin to wind up this awful period in our history? A free vote on No Deal tomorrow to vanquish the ERG ultras. On Thursday, a vote to extend Article 50 because there is no other option left for the UK with this...

Ravens of the Tower decide to hop it in Brexit exodus shock.

Mar 7, 2019 | Brexit, On My Mind, Politics

Yeoman warders at the Tower of London were scratching their their heraldic tunics and fearing for the future after confirming that the Tower’s ravens were the latest British institution to turn their back on the country ahead of Brexit. “We’re all quite devastated, as...

Will Data Storage Have An Ethical Dimension In The Digital Future Society?

Mar 7, 2019 | On My Mind, Technology

“Are there philosophical aspects to technology? Of course there are, as there are to all things of importance in human endeavor and destiny. Modern technology touches on almost every thing vital to man’s existence - material, mental, and spiritual.” Hans Jonas,...

The revolution will not be televised

Dec 1, 2018 | Brexit, On My Mind, Politics

Remember ‘Boaty McBoatface’? The previous shining example of the will of the people being left to its own devices and conspiring only to make a complete arse of itself. Imagine RRS ‘BoatyMcBoatFace' hitting an iceberg (not hard, it’s an icebreaker) and, as the vessel...

Bonfire of their vanities

Nov 26, 2018 | Brexit, On My Mind, Politics

“We need to rid ourselves of the burden of bureacracy and red tape that holds back business and entrepreneurs.” How often do we hear this cliché whenever a leading Brexiteer gets on their pulpit to promise free-trade nirvana? But it’s worth considering what all this...

I’m terribly sorry, Mrs. May, but I hardly believe a word you say

Nov 23, 2018 | On My Mind

I can’t decide on metaphors for Brexit at the moment. Sometimes I think it’s like a bus being driven by a bunch of drunks who are fighting to take a turn at the wheel, oblivious to the fact that they’re careering the wrong way up the motorway. In the dark. Without any...