Covid and the Tell-Tale Heart, Part II: Rats and the Sinking Ship

‘Do not adjust your mind, the fault is in reality.’ R.D. Laing Listening to Dominic Cummings speaking at the Select Committee Hearing today has left us with mixed feelings.  It’s a weird one because there is no joy in knowing that, actually, we and many others were right. We sensed this was a chaotic, catastrophic

Things We Lost in the Fire: Part I: Planning, Preparedness, Neglect and Disaster

Introduction Things have been changing here on Plague Island recently. It’s not the big changes that we would love to see, such as a decent and compassionate government taking charge, but there are changes nonetheless. The crippling lockdown we have just (re)lived through is incrementally easing and India is now the country leading the news

Catalogue of Catastrophe III: Our Fragile State

Catalogue of Catastrophe: Part I Catalogue of Catastrophe: Part II “Some of you may die, but it is a sacrifice I am willing to make.” Lord Farquaad , Shrek, 2002. I don’t know about you, but I can always see a similarity between this line from the first fictional Shrek film and the callousness of the position taken

He Likes to Ride His Bicycle: Part II

Still no admission that Our Beloved Leader broke the rules; still no evidence that he did not. By the way, Priti Patel, this yet again demonstrates that the rules are definitely not clear, despite what you insisted yesterday to cover your PM’s (bike) tracks. It’s just more of the usual contempt shown to the public. We’re just

He Likes to Ride His Bicycle

Our Beloved Leader likes to get out and about on his bicycle when he has free time on Plague Island. Whilst us plebs have been told to stay local – that is, local to your village or part of town – it was reported today that de Pfeffel either cycled or drove to Olympic Park