Near the top of my Shit Parade and in the face of some stiff competition from the likes of Plastique Bertrand's "Ca Plane Pour Moi&

Ignorance, apathy, timidity. Three more years of incompetence and self-serving ugliness. Thanks Australia!

Japan, in contrast to visits to other East Asian countries - Vietnam, Cambodia and Thailand. Very different indeed.

A Government for the 18th century in the 21st century.