On Wednesday 23 September I spoke in favour of the Second Reading of the Overseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) Bill in the House of Commons.
I do not think another round of lockdown restrictions will work. I watched Messrs Whitty and Vallance’s press conference yesterday and was less than impressed. Why were there no questions allowed from journalists - or fellow scientists for that matter?
Of course, we are quite rightly fixated on COVID-19 and BREXIT, along with the way our own lives are being affected by these massive developments. But I am slightly worried that we, as a country, may well be missing other developments in the World that will have huge impact on us in future. I w
I remain pretty confused about this business of wearing face masks. I first expressed reservations about the efficacy of face coverings in a post on Friday 24 April and came to the tentative conclusion then that they may have little effect.
I am seriously worried by the fact that so many (meant to be peaceful) demonstrations end up by being anything but. The motives of organisers may be sincere, right and proper but it appears that too often now the demonstrations are unfortunately used as a catalyst by some in the crowds.
I am receiving an increasing number of e mails from people worried by a campaign which suggests we are about to abandon food standards and indeed receive ‘chlorinated chicken’ form the United States.
Who isn’t horrified about what happened to an African American man called George Floyd in Minnesota when a policeman knelt on his neck until no air could get through to his lungs and he suffocated? I abhor what happened to George Floyd.
For most of my life I have relied and treasured the BBC as a national institution. As a boy, living with my parents in the Middle East (Jordan, Aden and Cyprus), I remember always hearing the signature tune, Lilliburlero after the gripping words ‘This is London’ before news bulletins on the Worl
