Poking over the entrails yet again in the faint hope that distance and another look might bring new inspiration (unlikely) does produce one thought. Which is that the EU will run into crisis, financial or otherwise, before the UK. Tr Uranus is moving to oppose the EU’s 2nd house financial Neptune from … Read more
Trump stirring it on the immigration front as a sop to his far-right fans is being fuelled by his unelected aide Stephen Miller. Though there seems to be a division of opinion with Jared Kushner who is also being tasked with finding a more bipartisan solution. Which is evidently classic Trump – … Read more
Kirstjen Nielsen was hardly a weak-kneed liberal as Homeland Security chief but she still fell foul of Trump’s disdain for the rule of law. When she pushed back against his more extreme ideas because they clashed with U.S. immigration laws and federal court orders, he forced her to resign. Kevin McAleenan, the next … Read more
Tiger Roll won the Grand National yesterday to become the first horse since Red Rum 45 years ago to win the Aintree race two years running. In fact Red Rum went on to win a third National and come in twice in subsequent years. Tiger Roll, who at 15 hands 2 inches is … Read more
Brunei has enacted strict new Islamic laws that make male homosexuality, adultery offences and blasphemy punishable by stoning to death. The new measures cover a range of other crimes including punishment for theft by amputation. Unfortunately for the mediaeval and sour-faced Sultan there is now an enthusiastic campaign led by George Clooney to boycott … Read more
Mick Jagger will have surgery later this week to replace a heart valve after his Rolling Stones tour was postponed till after July. He is expected to make a full recovery. Born 26 July 1943 2.30am Dartford, England, he’s a flamboyant and super-confident Sun, Jupiter, Pluto, Mercury in Leo; with a high-octane Mars … Read more
Brash, bombastic, a headline-grabber, lawyer Michael Avenatti is attracting a different sort of publicity these days. From his heady promotion of Stormy Daniels’ hush-money lawsuit with megaphone promises to take Trump down and his tease about running in 2020 himself, he’s now defending himself against criminal charges of attempting to extort millions of … Read more
Another day, another Democratic candidate for 2020. Wayne Messam, the first black mayor of a Florida city and son of Jamaican immigrants, has pitched his hat into the ring. He has an MBA in Management Information Systems, and owns a construction company. Born 7 June 1974, he’s a Sun Gemini opposition Neptune in … Read more
The EU is belatedly wakening up to the problem of China which is the EU’s second biggest trading partner. China is encroaching on eastern and southern Europe, with investment and commercial tie-ups which favour the monolithic Chinese state system. China already owns Greece’s largest port, Piraeus, and has, to the consternation of Berlin … Read more
Adam Schiff has come out fighting against Republican demands that he resign his chairmanship of the House Intelligence Committee over the Mueller Report. He argued that he still believes there is ample evidence of collusion and said he’s long insisted such evidence may or may not rise to the level of a criminal … Read more