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The British public will not forgive being taken for fools, says The Times
“Fasten your safety belts, it’s going to be a bumpy night.” By Trevor Grundy Canterbury (June 5, 2020) – – – Boris Johnson’s refusal to acknowledge mistakes… Read more >
Chutzpah, spin doctors, pantomime politicians and liars in public places
By Trevor Grundy What is the effect of large-scale lying on the psychology of a nation? Does lying on the grand scale have the same effect on a… Read more >
Cummings and Johnson are ‘cowards’ and are treating the British people as if they are ‘fools’
By Trevor Grundy London, May 25 (2020) – – – One of Britain’s top behavioral scientists, Stephen Reicher who is the professor of Social Psychology at St Andrews University,… Read more >
Zimbabwe’s best- loved musical instrument is introduced to billions during cultural diversity week
Kenny Mangwena from Zimbabwe playing the mbira at an African culture festival organised by Music for Change in Canterbury, southern England (Picture: Trevor Grundy) By Trevor Grundy As many… Read more >
‘It’s the Media, Stupid!’ Writers examine role of the Press in Labour’s catastrophic 2019 defeat
It’s the Media, Stupid! The Media, the 2019 Election and the Aftermath (Published by the Campaign for Free Press and Broadcasting Federation (North) 2020 £9.99 / 144 pp.) Review… Read more >
Ghost of Hitler blocks search for truth in Germany 75 years after end of World War Two
Germans are being asked to help find the memories of the little people whose lives are the backbone of history. But the haunting spirit of Adolf Hitler and the murder… Read more >
Public life in Britain sinks as low as the country’s best-known playwright can remember
David Hare – one of Britain’s most outspoken men of letters By Trevor Grundy London, April 24, 2020 – – – David Hare, arguably Britain’s best known and most… Read more >
Auf Wiedersehn, pet: Uncertainly over Brexit causes surge in Britons seeking German citizenship
All together for the time being – German, British and EU flags flying at the harbour at Thessaloniki in Greece (Picture: Trevor Grundy) By Trevor Grundy (Canterbury, England June… Read more >
Mike Auret: Campaigner who challenged human rights abusers in Rhodesia and Zimbabwe
Mike Auret: Campaigner who challenged human rights abusers in Rhodesia and Zimbabwe By Trevor Grundy Mike Auret, the Chairperson of the Justice and Peace Commission in the Catholic Bishops’… Read more >
People with a fighting spirit can beat the virus – “A myth that needs de-bunking” says top TV presenter
By Trevor Grundy London, April 9 (2020) – – – It has been rightly said that Truth is the first casualty of war, to which we might add “and God… Read more >