Ancient Domes, Campania, Italy

I remember going to the beautiful Amalfi Coast. I weep at not being able to experience the magic of travel ever again! The memories of those blue skies and sea will for ever be with me. I was lucky to be able to travel. If only I’d known how the world would close in on (most of) us. And our own Govts are our gaolers.

THE SATURDAY ESSAY: citizen advice going forward….

On the money, as usual.

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ASSUME PERFIDY

There are lies, damned lies, Brexit lies, unemployment lies, inflation lies, Biden lies, Boris lies – and fact checkers. Day in, day out, everyone’s at it – so IABATO remains The Slog’s rallying cry: It’s All Bollocks And That’s Official. “Top” People used to cross their fingers in hope. Today, they cross every red line of decency in the pursuit of totalitarian power.

I really don’t know why anyone is remotely surprised that Frau von der Leyen of the European Bunion has been caught heading up a Brussels spoiling operation to bribe finance houses to quit the City of London. It’s merely the shellfish episode on a bigger scale. This week, sources in Paris revealed to me that the reason French expats like me can no longer have UK driving licences converted to French ones is that the Minister concerned hasn’t signed the ratification required for the process…

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