Tag: Ryanair

• The Queen’s Shilling

  

  Anybody gasping at the sight of the Taliban surging to power in Afghanistan probably hasn’t read any world history books for sometime, if ever. The country remains the epitome of resistance in the face of foreign incursions. Britain, Russia, and now the US and friends. Rocking up there is on a par with invading Russia…

  Max Frances

  Aug 18, 2021

  Politics, War

  Afghanistan, Army, Government, History, Hitler, Invasion, Kabul, Refugees, Russia, Ryanair, Taliban, Tony Blair

• Long Shot

  

  In 1978, an episode of The Professionals concluded with an aeroplane carrying an international terrorist being diverted to a hostile Arab nation after one of the passengers had faked a coronary. We can hardly now take the moral high ground with Belarus, because this ruse was conceived by one of our own, George Cowley. It…

  Max Frances

  May 24, 2021

  Politics, Society

  Belarus, Blogging, COVID-19, Economy, EU, Ireland, Navalny, Putin, Russia, Ryanair, Sanctions, The Professionals, Verhofstadt, Von der Leyen