Cluey. I think Trump is quite Cluey regarding North Korea. North Korea is no real threat to even Japan, let alone the USA. It only really is a problem for South Korea, and the only solution will be worked out by the people of North and South Korea...the USA has no role there. by turning up and saying 'Yeah, its fixed' he has done more for eventual resolution than any other US regime. It is North and South 'Korea' when there can only be one Korea, so they have to work it out...and they will. Brexit: This was a response to the maniacal city-building, almost deification, of London as the only city of wealth that mattered. Whilst London thrived, the rest of the UK paid for that and didn't get anything...thus the knee-jerk 'lets get out of Europe'. Due to the remarkable dismissing of Irish Unity, per se, the UK didn't even think of the problem of a border between North and South Ireland. Didn't even think of it. problems dont go away until they are actually resolved. the only resolution is the removal of Northern Ireland from the UK and into the good one Ireland. I think the US funding-deification of its god-like cities of New York, San Francisco etc worked in the same way to promote Trump from the fringe to the Centre. If the USA can redress the different societies of its provinces and its power cities, then there can be some resolution over the decades. Australia: I'd expect the Labor Party to win the next Federal election.

Oh, I see Australia's Scott Morrison, PM, has told the President of Indonesia, that Scott will make up his mind about moving the Australian Embassy from Telaviv to Jerusalem, um, by Christmas. I'm sure Christmas is a very respected event in Indonesia...just like Ramadan is in Jerusalem. He is such an idiot.

I recall, when the referendum in the UK chose Brexit, the first thing I said was..."so, what happens to Ireland?" And this is still the main issue, really. The peace in Ireland was always a temporary thing, worked out by Blair et al, and was never designed to be tested. This is one of the problems with administrators like Blair...no forward thinking. Now, everything is a mess because of it. The English have to actually consider the abiding Irish...and the English just can't do that and remain what England-UK means to themselves. Blair's success may well be far more bloody troubles, delayed and intensified. Ireland needs to be one island, all free. They have the spirit and the gear to do that. Brexit isn't about Europe at all, it is about a continuing crime by the UK on the sovereignty of the Irish people and Irish land.

I see our Prime Minister is apologising to the Indonesian President for saying that Australia will move its embassy in Israel from TelAviv to Jerusalem, that it was just a silly promise to the Jews in the Wentworth electorate, and that he didn't mean it at all...meanwhile, Indonesia has cancelled the Free Trade Agreement with Australia based on the fact that Prime Minister of Australia Scott Morrison is a lying prick who can't be trusted. We already know that here.

Australia. Shhh...don't tell...don't make a noise...there's no one here but us. just the aborigines, and, gosh, aren't they a problem, and only the English, and aren't they a filthy scourge, and only the Irish, and aren't they a joy, and only the Italians, and aren't they problematic, and only the Greeks, and Jesus, no wonder he wept, and only the Iraqis, and how troublesome they are, and only the Jewish Somalians, and how black they are, and only the South East Asians, how Asian they are, and only the Indians, and why can't they speak English without all the head bobbing, and only the Chinese now, now that the more pleasant and less yellow Japs have gone home, and, really only the Americans now... controlling our country now...Sssh. Sssh. Only the Americans are our friends. Americans, like Donald trump. Great Southern Land. A Prisoners Island hidden in the summer for a million years. We imprison little children for many years in horrible places until they go mad, because we want to, because we like it. Australia. It will burn you blind. My country.

The whole reason Scott Morrison, the current bullying PM of Australia, is going on an election tour of Queensland, trying to show everyone how nice he is, full of promises, is that he will be calling an early election well soon of the expected date next year.

GRIEF and FEAR are fascinating activators of human behaviour. When I got my 2 deadly prognoses of heart disease and cancer, after working in palliative care for many decades, I just took off, refused all treatments at age 50, spent money, saw the world for years, fell in love, found a family, and did things I never ever would have done without this impetus. Then, I just didn't die... I'm still standing. I have great respect for grief and fear and, because of them, I still lead an unexpected and remarkably meaningful life...and I have yet to be irradiated or operated on, 15 years later.