BBC Radio Four 09.09.25.
It’s not really my cup of tea, not being religious and all that, but ….
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What was all that about?
You would think that after 10 days or so this would be old news. Old news in the sense that we would have a reasonable understanding of what happened, what was agreed and what its significance was. But not a bit of it – it’s all confusion and opaqueness. Subsequently Trump has made some suggestions about what might have been agreed only for The Kremlin to respond by putting the record straight and reiterating for the umpteenth time Russia’s Special Military Operation objectives: Ukraine not to join NATO, Ukraine to be de-nazified, Crimea and the Donetsk Oblasts to recognised as Russian and for meaningful negotiations with NATO about the overall security architecture in Europe.
So what was the summit all about?
I normally don’t really know what to make of high end art – pictures or sculptures. Seems a bit beyond my intellectual pay grade and all that – unless I get an ‘in’, a clue to what it’s all about and about something that is of interest to me.
It’s not been a great couple of weeks for peace. The callousness of the Israeli genocide grinds on, reaching unconscionable depths. An attack on Iran appears to be in the balance. The US is ramping up its aggressive rhetoric against China and Ukraine choses this moment in its stalling negotiations with Russia to strike deep into the latter.
Not really!
In response to the Spring Statement delivered to the House of Commons in the UK on 25.03.25. by Chancellor Rachel Reeves, I say:
Let’s not cut welfare to fund warfare!
It’s getting more and more embarrassing.
From The Guardian 20.03.25:
‘Starmer warns Putin of severe consequences if he breaches peace deal’.
Europe (and the UK) responds by planning to re militarise, funded by a mixture of welfare cuts, tax rises and borrowing.
I won’t lie – it was a shock! Just as my good friend and co band leader Mr. Grimly and I were putting the final touches to the mix of our latest musical offering we got the call from our agent. It wasn’t a positive conversation.
