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Boris Johnson’s absurd trip to Ukraine was pathetically obvious in its intent. Thatcher invaded the Falkland Islands. Clinton and Bush both arranged politically convenient military manoeuvres. Politicians always start a small war, or talk about one, if they are trying …

This is a long standing series of small items which have caught my eye or mind and which seem relevant, startling, amusing or all three. Occasionally, items which appear here may return as a longer piece. Mostly they will not.…

Lawyers aren’t going to help us win this war but I’ve been trying to find one to represent me in bringing various libel actions (against Wikipedia editors, Google, Sky, BBC, Daily Mail, Mail on Sunday, a couple of hundred tweeters …

If you look on my website you will see dozens of rave reviews for the film ‘Mrs Caldicot’s Cabbage Review’.

Here are just a few:

Poignant, funny and socially relevant.

Funny and poignant.

Endearing fairy tale …

It is a basic tenet of good medical practice that all patients are treated not according to religion, race, skin colour or vaccination status but according to their needs.

When I was a medical student I was a member of …

I have discovered and named a new disease.

‘Maskitis’ is the incomprehensibly stupid yearning to continue wearing a mask even though doing so is damaging both to the wearer and to those around them.

Some maskitis sufferers are afraid that …