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From a broken home, mature student, professionally qualified in my 40's, worked in 30 countries on 4 continents, married with grandchildren, charity volunteer, read, write and take VERY long walks.
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Nowadays people seem to imagine that impartiality means readiness to treat lies and truth the same. Orde Wingate 1939

When hackers took on the Co-op, they did the wrong thing. The Co-op or Cooperative Society is a number of businesses owned by each of its customers, mostly ordinary people, trying to get by, who need local shopping. This is not an attack on capitalism. Anything but. Shame on them.

I have been travelling to Africa since the late 80s. About six years ago, I came across a new phenomenon: dirt poor white people, unable to migrate, trying to get medical treatment. Not sure if Trump wants them.

The prize of Pope is open exclusively to ambitious Archbishops. "catholic" means all inclusive. In-fighting and wrong footing has prevented that from happening as the world is too vast for doctrinal boundaries. "What would Jesus want?" All Christians know the answer.

The US administration had supported right wing dictatorships across the globe for over seventy years. It was always a possibility that it would try it out at home. Black bag techniques used abroad have been used in the USA so why not the whole hog.

One of the consequences of globalisation is that a head of state is no longer in charge of their economy. Everyone from Mugabi to Truss knows that. Mr Trump thought that being POTUS meant being president of the world. The markets now run the world. Democracy is dead and buried.