27th October 2019

Clocks were turned back this morning. The news also constantly looks back. “The people didn’t vote for a No-Deal” they keep telling us. But that’s not what I remember. I can’t understand why the media reiterates the ‘facts’ with today’s hindsight but forgets yesterday’s mindset. What the people were actually saying in 2016, before the referendum, were two things: 1. We’re fed up with Brussels bureaucracy; 2. The UK is tiny and Blair opened the floodgates to far too many global migrants and we’ve lost our British identity. History books always talk about the facts but rarely about what actual people were saying at the time. That’s why it’s so important for young people to talk to the oldest family member and note down their oldest memories. That’s the only way to get a true record. The people are the history far more than the events, which are often spun to suit a different future. And me? Very soon I’ll announce a new novel - set in the past of course! Watch this space...