Yasmin’s Eye on …. Not Knowing Their Place

Something about Angela Rayner turns a whole lot of male politicians and commentators into jumpy and horny teenage boys. This Sunday, in the Sunday Times, Jason Cowley, editor of the New Statesman, portrayed her as  ‘a flame-haired, dangerous Labour beast’, vulnerable and anxious, and also, ‘self-glamourizing and self-mythologising’. In 2022, some unnamed male Conservative MPsContinue reading “Yasmin’s Eye on …. Not Knowing Their Place”

Yasmin’s Eye on …. Bashing the Left, a National Sport

On Monday, the charmless Liz Truss told the LBC radio host Iain Dale, that those with left wing beliefs were ‘smearing her’ by blaming her for economic troubles she is  ‘not responsible for’ adding, ‘…I think a lot of the public understand what I was trying to do’  The political dingbat remains vain and clueless,Continue reading “Yasmin’s Eye on …. Bashing the Left, a National Sport”

Yasmin’s Eye on …. The Rich Moan, the Poor Suffer

The just released Forbes list of the world’s billionaires shows the swell’s club is swelling and that members are richer than ever. There are now 141 more billionaires in the world than last year. Their total wealth is now worth trillions. Soon to be quadrillions, I expect. Bernard Arnault, the French, luxury fashions magnet hasContinue reading “Yasmin’s Eye on …. The Rich Moan, the Poor Suffer”

Yasmin’s Eye on …. Windrush Day. It will always be a bittersweet anniversary

Anti-immigration politicians and Britons habitually proclaim that Britain has always generously welcomed refugees and migrants. It’s a lie. A deliberate, nauseating lie. Immigrants of colour and Jewish heritage have been put through the fires for venturing to these isles for centuries. Windrush Day, on 22 June, honours the first arrivals on Empire Windrush from theContinue reading “Yasmin’s Eye on …. Windrush Day. It will always be a bittersweet anniversary”

Yasmin’s Eye on …. immigrants; Starmer’s betrayal, Rishi’s pernicious character and lots more

I am indebted to Britain for taking me in 50 years ago – but being told I don’t belong here is exhausting White migrants, you see, can do no wrong, whilst we are forever on trial Rishi Sunak’s pernicious character is rising to the surface The man so often portrayed as a pragmatist is actuallyContinue reading “Yasmin’s Eye on …. immigrants; Starmer’s betrayal, Rishi’s pernicious character and lots more”