Author: Andrea Martin-Banks

Are we really living in a world gone wrong? #Spain #UK #Russia #Ukraine #BorisJohnson #Sunak #Marbella #Putin Click to see video

When that bloated Grim Reaper Putin invaded the Ukraine he spun the world by its tail. And the gut reaction of many global property speculators and ex-pats was that `particularly the Spanish market, would fail as Russian money was frozen in the world’s air like black ice.          But far from it. The market in Spain… Continue reading PUTIN’S BLOOD-RED WAR FAILS TO PANIC ‘BULLISH’ SPANISH PROPERTY MARKET

It’s up the apples and pears as Rodney pips Leigh to the post of woe, wind and petulance. And that’s just in Spain! Wait till they get on to the UK! Outrageous? you can bet your life they are! Click to view video…

A minute’s silence in the UK led by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak marked the first anniversary of the day Russia launched a full-scale invasion of the Ukraine, triggering the largest war in Europe since World War Two The tragedy and horror of what Putin is doing to the people of the Ukraine are portrayed sometimes… Continue reading DEATH AT THE BUS STOP… INTIMACY OF LOSS IN PUTIN’S HORROR

Once spread a campfire on a rustic cold late summer with a former Chess King on the Dis-ta Not Boris! (My Version and how i see it) To the coldest of New York winter’s…and to the stalls of avenue street lights of wind-blown hazy snows. Pegged like stick-on’s. Frozen walkers. Frozen breaths in the night… Continue reading COLD WAR DAYS – IMAGES OF A SURREALISTIC PAWN AMONGST CHESS MASTERS, WRITES ERIC LASTICK

I’ve always been a Walker … not in the Walking Dead way, more in a fay Thoreau way. I just got lucky, I suppose. I was brought up on the edge of ‘Ravine Park’ in the heart of Manchester and spent most summer days down among the dumped trolleys and detritus in the ravine with… Continue reading RAMBLING ON AS BOB’S SONG WALKS BACK TO THE FUTURE

Paul Gadd – a monster up there with the likes of Jimmy Savile and the BBC’s laughing hyena Stuart Hall – is back on the streets of the UK at the age of 78. Gadd who used his fame as Gary Glitter, a bargain-basement Elvis look-alike with pop-shlock pointless songs, was jailed in 2015 for… Continue reading VICTIM’S LIFE OF TRAUMA REVEALED AS GLITTER IS ALLOWED TO BE IN OUR GANG AGAIN

Tom Jones’s murder ballad Delilah has finally been banned at the Principality Stadium, the Welsh Rugby Union has revealed. The lyrics ‘why why why Delilah’ from  the 80s hit have been sung at the games for decades – not in glorification of killing your wife! No, in glorification of a knock-about classic sung by a… Continue reading KILLING OFF DELILAH TO TACKLE THE SHAME OF WELSH RUGBY MISOGONY

British fashion guru Paul Smith is said to have failed to explain why his goods were still on sale in Russia. At least three British top-notch companies were still doing business with Russia despite the horrific war in Ukraine. Paul Smith and lingerie brand Agent Provocateur still have stores open in Moscow, while Rolls-Royce has new cars… Continue reading Rolls says oops! Not us, says lingerie boss … and fashion guru ‘quiet’ as Russian deals go on

Nadhim Zahawi has been removed from Government after he was found to have committed a ‘serious breach’ of ministerial rules. The now ex-Tory chairman has been mired in a row over his tax affairs after paying a penalty to HMRC. Rishi Sunak wrote to him: ‘Following the completion of the Independent Adviser’s investigation – the… Continue reading Sooo-knackered! Zahawi is finally sacked over tax row