by Andy Dodd | Jan 20, 2017 | On My Mind
It was half way through the journey into central London that I began to hate the taxi driver. The sky was fifty shades of grey, the cab was stuffy, and my driver, taking full advantage of his captive audience, was hitting top gear on his specialist subject of “What...
by Andy Dodd | Jan 20, 2017 | Fiction, Poetry
I wanted to write a poem to review the year and express some of my feelings about current affairs. In the end, it was less review and more feeling, in a bit of a hip hop style. I would love to hear someone with the right tone of voice rip this one out. 2016 has been...
by Andy Dodd | Jan 18, 2017 | On My Mind, Politics
Already depressed from having to swap the samba warmth of Brazil for the leaden footed two step of Northern Hemisphere winter, the last thing I needed was to re-encounter the maniacal frenzy of the Brexit debate. But I honestly think that in spite of all that’s gone...
by Andy Dodd | Nov 21, 2016 | On My Mind, Politics
Please can someone release the phrase “the will of the British people” from being held hostage by the right wing for use as a ‘one size fits all’ slogan to dismiss any anti-Brexit argument they don’t like. 52% of the 36% of people who voted does not, and never will...
by Andy Dodd | Nov 18, 2016 | On My Mind
I was delighted – in a last minute goal, punch-the-air-with-delight kind of way – when the High Court ruled in favour of Gina Miller’s complaint that the UK government was acting without constitutional authority over its plan to trigger Article 50 without...
