I Remember The Summer of 76

In Britain when we talk about hot summers in recent memory .... just one, the summer of 1976 stands out in myth and folklore.

The Summer Of 1976 Has Achieved Legendary Status

But more interestingly, I don't recall us ever having had such a great early summer as we are enjoying at the moment in Britain. Any tourist lucky enough to have arrived in the last 4 or 5 weeks will have seen Britain at its very rarest .... sunny, warm and dry.

Vox Populi

Well the people have spoken, and once again plunged the UK into a political crisis. Thus proving again the old Churchill political adage that 'democracy is the worst of all governments except for all the others.' It also shows what divided country we are these days, Brexit, Devolution, Left and Right ... everywhere you look we are a nation divided.

Vox Populi or The Start Of A Revolution In Our System?

Our system of first past the post relies on there being a clear winner, and so to be facing a second coalition or a minority government inside 2 years from the formation of the last one, is something of a shock to our way of getting governments.