Category Archives: Politics

God Bless America

Posted on July 7, 2020 by Ericle

What I saw:

This is a picture of Donald Trump returning to The White House after his Tulsa political rally, watched by an underwhelming 6,200 people in a stadium that can hold 18,000, after claiming that over 1,000,000 people … Read more...

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We get the government that we deserve.

Posted on June 21, 2020 by Ericle

One of the unmissable features of the COVID Pandemic is that the world responded to it not as one, but as nation-based. Perhaps, one day the governance of the world will be the domain of global institutions but it is … Read more...

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(Talkin’ about) My G-g-g-g-g-eneration…..

Posted on June 18, 2020 by Ericle

People try to put us d-down
Just because we get around
Things they do look awful c-c-cold
I hope I die before I get old
My generation
This is my generation, baby

Sing along with The Who: here

One of … Read more...

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It’s A Numbers Game

Posted on May 23, 2020 by Ericle

When Numbers Get Serious*

Two times two is twenty-two
Four times four is forty-four
When numbers get serious
They leave a mark on your door
Urgent! Urgent!
A telephone ringing in the hallways
When times are mysterious
Serious numbers … Read more...

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Covadis?

Posted on May 16, 2020 by Ericle

“Anyone beating coronavirus deserves everybody’s fullest gratitude. Happily, industrious journalists keep leading morning newspapers offering pertinent questions regarding short-t… Read more...

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‘A grim calculus’ is in prospect.

Posted on April 13, 2020 by Ericle

I have always had a problem with Sartre’s famous quote in that I am too much of an agnostic to assent to the word ‘illusion’. This minor quibble aside, Sartre is reaching for something important when he asserts that most … Read more...

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Post-Pandemic Probabilities

Posted on April 8, 2020 by Ericle

There has been a significant sea-change in concerns, if not government focus, over the last few days; certainly, in the UK. (See Lord Sumpton’s article below). I believe it’s fair to say that the panic-meter is no longer at its … Read more...

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An Ericle Weekend Special

Posted on February 28, 2020 by Ericle

Thanks to Ericle Reader (Bob) who sent me this:

“Suits You To A (Mrs) T, Sir!”
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On a poll on poles.

Posted on February 10, 2020 by Ericle

Thank you to My Reader for participating in my recent very short poll. Though the poll opportunistically took its beat from Brexit and Boris’s Election victory, it really was a very blunt inquiry into how politically open-minded folk are these … Read more...

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2019 Election: The Ericle’s Takeaways.

Posted on December 18, 2019 by Ericle

The Ericle cast his vote for The Liberals (Democrats), the same party that he has voted for at every General Election bar one; when as a student at Sussex University in 1969 he campaigned for Labour to oust Julian Amery … Read more...

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