It's Stupid To Have A Simple-minded View.

I Have Neither The Learning Nor The Experience To Know Whether The Doomsayers Are Right About The Human Causes Of Climate Change. But I Am Willing To Acknowledge That People Who Know A Lot More Than I Do May Be Right When They Claim That It Is The Consequence Of Our Own Behaviour. I Assume That This Is Why The Bbc's Coverage Of The Issue Abandoned The Pretence Of Impartiality Long Ago.

It's Not Just Politicians. Any Spokesman For A Vested Interest Is Well Schooled In How To Say What It Is They Wish To Say, Which May Bear No Relation At All To What You've Asked Them.

I Find It Odd That People Take Me Seriously.

Ones Teachers All Belonged To That Generation Who Were Imperialists, And The Whole Narrative Throughout My Adolescence Was Of Countries Leaving The Empire. I Find It Extraordinary That This Purpose Which Drove How We Viewed The World Is Now Considered To Be Something That Has No Effect Upon Us.

At Work People Are Expected To Be At The Beck And Call Of Employers All The Time. You Have Blackberries And Other Things, And They Just Don't Leave You Alone. People Have Less Time Just To Drop Into An Art Gallery.