Saudi Arabia and other Arab countries that have cut ties to Qatar issued a strong list of demands on Thursday, insisting that Qatar close the Al-Jazeera tv network, cut back diplomatic ties to Iran and sever all ties with the Muslim … Continue reading
This picture was posted today on twitter by @FODavidV – an A380 first officer at Emirates. I hope he will not mind me making use of his picture. It is interesting because ten years ago almost none of the high … Continue reading
It is ten years since I was last in Paris. It may be a long time, if ever, before I go back. But a city that is basically unchanged in centuries changes little in ten years. I have a new … Continue reading
The Economist has a sensible piece this week on the current feud in the Gulf and the potential for escalation. It is hard to see any early resolution to this dispute – and without an early resolution some form of … Continue reading
It was a shocker – and the worst part is that Mrs May seemed unable to publicly acknowledge just how bad it was. At the start of this campaign the Tories had a 17 seat working majority in Parliament and … Continue reading
This is the Economist on the mark with a damning assessment of modern British politics! “It has been impossible to watch the general election without being haunted by a single question-cum-exclamation: surely Britain can do better than this? The best … Continue reading
On Monday morning the big four Gulf partners, KSA, UAE, Bahrain and Egypt turned on our neighbour, Qatar. Qatar is the local minnow. Diplomatic ties have been terminated. Airspace and territorial waters have been closed to Qatari owned transport. And … Continue reading
It is voting day. Get out and vote. It is not my job to tell you who to vote for. Anyone that has been flying with me knows that I tend to land left of the centre-line. But vote – … Continue reading
Another unlikely Thai airline start-up. Thai Platinum Airlines. Here is their art-worked airplane – with a website on the fuselage that does not exist. Their actual website is www.thaiplatinum.com – which states “we will the best in airline business” – … Continue reading
Late last night in London seven people were killed and dozens more injured as a white van sped across London Bridge ramming numerous pedestrians, before three men emerged with large hunting knives for a stabbing spree in adjacent Borough Market, … Continue reading
