Old fart’s blog

The war in Afghanistan is madcap, futile and serves no conceivable national interest. Not my words but those of Sir Christopher Meyer, our former ambassador to Washington. In his new book he apparently argues that after nearly 8 years in Afghanistan there is still no clarity about why we are there. To seek to rebuild [...]

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Sorry that you have had to exist for the whole weekend without an exciting update to the blog. Had a great day at Goodwood on Friday with loads of nostalgia and fast cars. Mandy Pandy was there although did not get a chance to talk to him about gongs.
Lovely weather and spent the night down [...]

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