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I bet some of you know (I did not) the origin of the expression 'Swings and Roundabouts' https://allpoetry.com/Roundabouts-and-Swings

I must admit I had not realized that the cruise holiday industry had started up again. I don't think I would go even if offered free tickets. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/aug/03/two-cruise-ships-hit-by-coronavirus-weeks-after-industry-restarts

I thought what Chris Whitty had to say yesterday was interesting. He said that we are right on the cusp of what we can open and there was not much slack left if any. I thought at the time, what is going to happen when Schools, Colleges and Unis open in September, would that mean that some...

There was some discussion on here a while back about Stonehenge, so this article on the BBC News web site may be of interest to some of you. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-wiltshire-53580339

Do you folks think a minimal free trade agreement with the EU is a fairly likely outcome? https://www.theguardian.com/world/commentisfree/2020/jul/28/optimistic-brexit-deal-gloomy-outlook-free-trade-agreement

I've just been watching Pfizer CEO on CNBC he says they will have vaccinated 30K patients aged between 18 and 85 by the end of August in 120 different sites all around the world. If the vaccine proves to be safe and effective then he hopes to have approval by late September or October this year.

This may well be true, but even if it's not, it's useful for Boris to deflect what his government have be doing over the last few months and blame Johnny Foreigner instead.

It's strange how one tends to forget what it was like not all that long ago. I left school and started working full time in 1975, and most people where I worked didn't retire at 65, they either died or went earlier due to extreme ill health, and we would be going to their funerals within a year...

Fair enough I am sure this is what you believe, I think you are wrong, it will be interesting to see what happens in November.

Trump will do try everything in order to win. If he loses then there is a good chance the truth will come out and he and members of his regime will end up in prison. Many people think unless Biden wins big then Trump will be able to fix thing so that he stays in power for four more years...

Anyone like to guess where Grant Shapps is currently on holiday? I am convinced more and more each day that this government is run by people who wrote 'The Thick of it' https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thick_of_It

Lets hope that person isn't involved in the Covid track and trace system!

This is a good article about herd immunity from the BBC. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-53433824

Promising news from the Oxford vaccine trial. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-53469839

Barry if you read this story make sure you are sitting down and have no sharp objects close at hand as I think you are going to explode when you finish learning what it has to say...

This article explains all this reasonably well at least I think it does but I am no expert on company tax affairs. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/jul/16/eu-tax-avoidance-big-companies-ireland-apple-state-aid

Someone mentioned firms such as STC and Marconi a few days ago in relation to Huawei, it's often the case (coincidence I know) that subjects discussed here end up in the Newspapers. Here is a section from an article in the Guardian. "It’s tempting to view the UK’s dilemma about Huawei as an...

I am currently reading a book by journalist Luke Harding 'Shadow State' which is all about Russia's remaking of the West under Putin. It's frightening what they have been up to and disheartening seeing how the West have just let them get away with it all.

Nice one, now can you provide me with the winning numbers for the next National Lottery draw;)

This piece by Rafael Behr in the Guardian today explains the situation far better than I did yesterday, it's well worth a read. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/jul/15/brexit-britain-partnership-boris-johnson