Entries Tagged as 'News'
Aspects for the week beginning 19 February 2023
Nicola Sturgeon Resigns “I am proud to stand here as the first female and longest serving incumbent of this office, and I’m very proud of what has been achieved in the years I’ve been in Bute House.” ~ Nicola Sturgeon Nicola Sturgeon, the Scottish First Minister, heralded a major shift in politics with her resignation […]
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Aspects for the week beginning 29 January 2023
Tory Party Blues Alternative titles: Embarrassment of riches, riches of embarrassments, an Embarrassment of Rishi’s “Sunak only got caught because he filmed himself breaking the law” ~ John Crace Rishi Sunak I wrote in 2020 when he was appointed Chancellor in Boris Johnson’s cabinet: “He has the Sun, Mercury and Chiron in Taurus, the sign […]
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Aspects for the week beginning 22 January 2023
Jacinda Ardern stands down “I know what this job takes. And I know that I no longer have enough in the tank to do it justice.” ~ Jacinda Ardern Prime Minister of New Zealand Jacinda Ardern suddenly announced she was stepping down from the role this week. How many people keep going in a role […]
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Review of the Year 2022
Review of the Year 2022 It’s that time again…Time for the Review of the Year! Selections from the blogs, as usual, for those of you who like to review the year… January 30th: Barry Cryer (1935 – 2022) “I haven’t had a career, just a series of incidents. I’ve been dogged by good luck all […]
Aspects for the week beginning 20 November 2022
Xi Jinping This week, Joe Biden met up with Xi Jinping of China at the COP27 climate summit. Named in recent years the most powerful man in the world, at this point in time Xi Jinping holds a crucial position in the power balance of the world. Not only does his country hold great responsibility […]
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Aspects for the week beginning 30 October 2022
Rishi Sunak They say a week is a long time in politics, and this week has certainly changed the political landscape. We now have our third Prime Minister in just a few months, our youngest, and first Asian Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak. The Outgoing Prime Minister The transits for the transition are interesting. At the […]
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Aspects for the week beginning 2 October 2022
Liz Truss and Kwazi Kwarteng Dream Team or Nightmare Team? This new duo running the country have been re-named “Kamikwasi Kwarteng and Librium Liz” by John Crace of the Guardian. What do their birth charts tell us? I was originally set to write about Liz when the Queen died, but now find myself writing about […]
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Aspects for the week beginning 4 September 2022
Mikhail Gorbachev (1931 – 2022) One of the great statesmen of the 20th Century Mikhail Gorbachev of Russia died this week at the age of 91. He envisaged peaceful global relations, but against his wishes his domestic policies resulted in the break-up of the Soviet Union. Thus it is that he is more fondly remembered […]
Aspects for the week beginning 28 August 2022
Martin Lewis Lowest point of the week for many in the U.K. was the much-dreaded energy price cap, which was announced on Friday. At £3,549 a year, it was just as feared, but had now become a reality, and this at a time when we are effectively without a government, and the two incumbent choices […]
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Aspects for the week beginning 7 August 2022
Nancy Pelosi “The world faces a choice between autocracy and democracy” ~ Nancy Pelosi Nancy Pelosi (Speaker of the House of Representatives in the U.S.) paid a risky visit to Taiwan this week, reportedly against the wishes of Joe Biden. This is the second blog I have written about her, the first being in January […]
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