HOLMSEY: Is the end nigh?
Isle of Wight ObserverImagine a giant meteorite is heading our way and can’t be stopped. Would you honestly trust this calamitous government to…
Read MoreHOLMSEY: Why is the UK going to the dogs?
Somewhere in west London, a substation explodes. Two miles away at Heathrow, the entire airport closes causing utter chaos. Why…
Read MoreHOLMSEY: For heaven’s sake – cut public spending and immigration
Sensibly, President Trump has banned people from 43 countries from travelling to the USA. These days politics is so devoid…
Read MoreHOLMSEY: Indolent but no need to go without!
“They should be working, and they will be,” says tough-talking Chancellor, Rachel Reeves. More than a million young people are…
Read MoreHOLMSEY: Yearning for an old banger…
Good businesses make life easy for their customers. Unfortunately, like everything else in life now, buying and servicing cars is…
Read MoreHOLMSEY: The public sector pension problem
When Labour said they planned for growth, who knew they only meant growth in unemployment benefits, debts and taxes? Those…
Read MoreHOLMSEY: The Donald has a point
April’s council tax hike is coming – 5 per cent – again! Add to that rising costs for water, telephone…
Read MoreHOLMSEY: Costa Del Gaza – A good idea?
It may have attracted a little ridicule, but I thought Donald Trump’s plan for Gaza was genius. Unlike Kier Starmer,…
Read MoreHOLMSEY: ‘All the world’s a stage’ – especially for politicians
Actor and raconteur, Charles Collingwood, appeared at Shanklin Theatre last week. He plays posh farmer, Brian Aldridge, in ‘The Archers.’…
Read MoreHOLMSEY: Should you bite your tongue or burn bridges?
Being angry is never a choice, but when you’re really cross, saying exactly what’s on your mind is rarely a…
Read MoreHOLMSEY: Lessons in how to waste time and money
Elon Musk tweets up to 150 times a day on his X platform. His pronouncements are widely shared, in part…
Read MoreHOLMSEY: I survived Christmas – despite the government
I have an incredible body. It’s not the best looking, or the slimmest. Ideally, it could be a little longer,…
Read MoreHOLMSEY: Looking forward to 2025
Did people in your house put their empty sweetie wrappings back into the tubs over Christmas? Is that because they…
Read MoreHOLMSEY: From millstones to milestones
Pinewood Studios is the home of the James Bond film franchise; they were all made there. So were the hilarious…
Read MoreHOLMSEY: ‘I am an innocent man’
A relative once told me she’d deliberately placed her iron face-down on her well-worn sitting room carpet. Thanks to contents…
Read MoreHOLMSEY: Killing off a British icon – that’s a real crime
Did you see the ‘non-crime hate incident’ story – where a journalist was visited by two Essex police officers wanting…
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