In the drivel are statistics and interpretations of them that leave little doubt they believe and place hope in the concept of the “Three Bs” – that “Bullshit Baffles Brains”. The aim is almost always to avoid responsibility for failures […]
In the drivel are statistics and interpretations of them that leave little doubt they believe and place hope in the concept of the “Three Bs” – that “Bullshit Baffles Brains”. The aim is almost always to avoid responsibility for failures […]
A line from Bob Marley’s ‘Crazy Baldhead’ – “Here comes the con man coming with his con plan”. Well here goes… The UK had a general election three year early because the Prime Minister wanted to “strengthen my hand”. To […]
What have we done? Correction… What has she done to us? We didn’t need an election. Mrs May herself told us so on numerous elections. Suddenly, for what seem to be reasons to serve her own purpose, we got one. […]
A quarter of a century ago today, junior officers of the Sierra Leone Army deserted their posts during the war against the Revolutionary United Front and marched into the capital city with some of their soldiers. Ostensibly, the purpose was […]
You were so close to influencing in your favour the narrative on your reign, but let the megalomania in you shape your exit and what will for many become the abiding memory. All the noise about serving the Gambian people […]
“Blessing and peace be ever thine own…”; “So may we serve thee ever alone…”; “All that we have be ever thine own…” Touching promises from the national anthem of a country whose history persistently fails to reflect the abundance of […]
The simplistic notion that my friend’s friends must be my friends, and their enemies my enemies too, has often been held on to and practised by leaders or aspiring leaders of nations. Problem is, it almost always comes back to […]
I reviewed 2015 using sporting analogies without thinking I would so soon afterward go down the same route or use the same method. I have never followed football with anything like the passion of my brothers and many of my […]
My love of sport never goes beyond enjoying the entertainment of contests and confirmation of who was best on the day. So, it is interesting that I find proceedings at the Athletics World Championships of 2015 and other sports related […]
Traditions, as good and amusing and fascinating as they can be, also carry the risk of providing resistance, sometimes illogical, in the face of much needed change. I actually love the way traditions define one group of people from the […]