Happy New Year to all – though it hasn’t started well and it’s not good for our mental wellbeing. The terrible situations in Gaza and Sudan, continuing intransigence from Putin on Ukraine, mounting protests in Iran and this astonishing attack on Venezuela by Trump don’t augur well. Thanks to the lawless conduct of Trump, PutinContinue reading “Sunday 4 January 2026”
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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 November
As Trump’s capitulatory and short-termist non solutions to Gaza and Ukraine struggle to take hold, not surprisingly, and Budget speculation gets worse, not better, there are three interesting sources of silence. One is that the BBC, having lost another Board member this week, has still not received the threatened law suit from Trump (is heContinue reading “Sunday 23 November”
Sunday 9 November
Today is Remembrance Sunday and although it may well be different from London in other parts of the country observation has definitely been declining in recent years. A while back many would sport poppies weeks or certainly days before the main commemoration and the two minute silence would be observed in workplaces and in publicContinue reading “Sunday 9 November”
Sunday 28 September
In the wake of the Trump state visit and as the British political party conference season takes hold, there’s no shortage of concerning news, much of it subjected to mendacious massage by the right wing media including the BBC. (Private Eye got it in one with their ‘fake news’ about Chris Mason, the much criticisedContinue reading “Sunday 28 September”
Monday 11 August
Rather than August being the traditional ‘silly season’ the news agenda this year has been busier than ever, with desperate straits in Gaza and Ukraine including Netanyahu’s latest plan, growing opposition to Netanyahu from the army and the public, the collapse in authority of the UN with no concomitant genuine authority from Trump and hisContinue reading “Monday 11 August”
Sunday 13 July
As it seems we have been rendered pretty impotent when it comes to influencing our government’s policies on international affairs, especially the increasingly dangerous antics of Trump, Putin and Netanyahu, focusing on the news at home seems appropriate and there’s no shortage of it. Just to say, as it’s both domestic and international, the announcedContinue reading “Sunday 13 July”
Sunday 22 June
As the bloodshed continues unabated in Ukraine and Gaza, the latest escalation in the Middle East crisis has the power to unleash unprecedented global shockwaves. I won’t be only one who finds it frankly terrifying that, thanks to Trump, Putin and Netanyahu wrecking the rules-based international order so no organization (eg the UN) any longerContinue reading “Sunday 22 June”
Sunday 18 May
Donald Trump continues to cause mayhem with what media sources euphemistically call his ‘quixotic’ policies and tariffs and the two major conflicts (actually invasions) rage on despite yet more air miles and hot air being expended in often fruitless efforts to end them. At least the India/Pakistan conflict has abated for now but of courseContinue reading “Sunday 18 May”
Tuesday 6 May
The news agenda has accelerated to fever pitch over the last fortnight, journalists and commentators falling over each other to opine on the latest Trump antics, the local election results, the royals and much else, all adding to pressure on our mental wellbeing. Although the two major parties have long needed a wake-up call, theContinue reading “Tuesday 6 May”
Politics and mental health - the missing link? 