Some thoughts

A collection of articles on events oft eh past weeks that I found interesting and depressing (Hopefully none of which will get me in trouble with Two-Tier Starmer) The Disunited Kingdom  - IM 1776 There is No Cope  - Konstantin Kisin The Hollow Kingdom  - Christoper Rufi Labour to 'Define' Islamophobia So It Can More Easily Continue Its War on Native Brits - HotAir Were the ‘Spontaneous’ Anti-Racism Rallies Even Real?  - Daily Skeptic Night of the ghost fascism  - The Critic Britain’s Foxes are Beset by Wolves - N.S. Lyons Humorous takes from the Babylon Bee: Elon Musk Buys The United Kingdom To Establish Free Speech There In Latest Bond Film, 007 Tasked With Taking Down 83-Year-Old British Grandma Who Shared Inaccurate Meme Speaking of memes: And finally, Dominic Frisby's very good song (a few months old now but very apt at the moment)

 Was a very moving service this afternoon, especially poignant for me after attending my Uncle's on Wednesday. One thought that struck me watching the bands beforehand is how no one does pomp and circumstance better than the UK, despite the decline in the size of our military we can still pull out all the stops when needed. Finally, afterwards, I saw this article on the Duke-  Prince Philip embodied the KBO spirit  and thought it made some good points about the virtues of the stoical attitudes of his generation- the sense that there is great value in just getting on with things and not dwelling on your own troubles or problems, and not inflicting them on other people. Winston Churchill, no stranger to genuine mental health struggles, used the acronym KBO, or Keep Buggering On. Many times over the last year that phrase has echoed in my head. There was one part I disagreed with though - In his generation, for good or ill, such grumbling would be considered self-indulgent an...