Isn’t it marvellous? The increasingly unhinged Trump gets politicians, media and quite a few of us alarmed and worked up about his takeover of Greenland and tariffs threats, only to back off (good example of TACO – Trump always chickens out), some of his MAGA sycophants even suggesting that ‘the Europeans overreacted’ as if weContinue reading “Sunday 25 January”
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Sunday 21 December
As people retreat into intense Christmas preparations, I get the feeling that Donald Trump’s latest attack on Europe isn’t being taken half seriously enough. The sentiments expressed in the US new National Security Strategy are truly disturbing and will certainly be affecting our mental wellbeing at a conscious or less conscious level. Whereas some ofContinue reading “Sunday 21 December”
Sunday 23 February
‘There are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happen’ (Vladimir Ilyich Lenin) – a timely quote from the BBC yesterday considering we’re now at one of those historical junctures. Many were plunged into despond at the election of Donald Trump in November and, following a brief respite for the Christmas andContinue reading “Sunday 23 February”
Politics and mental health - the missing link? 