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  • 5 reasons I could never vote for the Tories

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    I don’t think I’ve ever been tempted but if I have that’s of the past. The ‘good’ Tories I remember like Michael Heseltine, Kenneth Clarke, even John Major seem to have left the scene to be relaced by UKIP clones. The old Macmillan idea of ‘one-nation Tories’ seems to the Tories of today to be…

  • If you really want growth Ms Truss: 5 really good ideas!

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    I’ve been thinking about this post for a couple of weeks now (since Liz Truss’ dreadful ‘growth, growth, growth’ speech at the Conservative Party Conference) and only wrote it last night. With the events of today (Kwasi Kauteng being sacked) it may be redundant or may be even more valid. Whatever. If you really want…

  • 5 stages of my life; and looking forward to the 6th

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    I’ve just celebrated my 75th birthday and it’s given me time to reflect. It’s a nice multiple of 15 so it might be regarded as the end of some fifth stage. If so what are the five stages and as a construct does it make sense?

  • North Norfolk: 5 highlights

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    We’ve just had a week in Thornham, a little to the east of Hunstanton, in North Norfolk. We’d rented a house so that we could spend time with the Bradburies and Charles without the space constraints of our respective homes. I reckon it was a bit of a rite of passage, such ‘whole family’ holidays…

  • Brighton: 5 takeaways

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    I’ve just spent a couple of nights in Brighton. I must say I’m underwhelmed but then maybe what it offers is not what I look for. Anyway these are my five takeaways (four positive and one negative to make up the numbers).

  • GoNW 2022: five highlights

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    We’ve just enjoyed the best part of a week in north and mid Wales. I wouldn’t want to overdo it but it was a reasonably emotional trip for me because I grew up in Wales and visiting places I remember from those days, seeing the Welsh signs and place names and hearing the language spoken…

  • 5 good reasons to vote for the Lib Dem team this year

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    I posted the following on hiopcouncillors.org to support the Lib Dems’ current local election campaign

  • 5 signs you’re a little bit older

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    As people are inclined to say: not a lot improves as you get older, it’s just better than the alternative

  • Remembering Asia’s airports in the 70s

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    My claim to be an old Asian hand springs from 1974-1979 when I lived first in Jakarta for two years and then Hong Kong. I spent a fair amount of time travelling around the region and got to know its airports which were very different from those you’d use nowadays.

  • 5 highlights of 2021

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    It’s not been a great year. The Covid constraints limited what we might do but except for the lockdown of early in the year we’ve had enough freedom to get out and enjoy life in the UK and then I was able to visit Spain on business on November. Then the Omicron virus hit and…