Charlton, London: Back home on Tuesday, groggy, a bit confused, and wondering why I’d suddenly been catapaulted from summer (28C in Washington on Monday) to autumn (wind, rain, leaves everywhere). A day later, I’m crossing my fingers that a ton of sleep has minimised the effects of jetlag. I hope it has. Many, many years […]
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Return of America’s least wanted
Bethesda, Maryland, 03.00 EDT: Because sometimes pictures can tell the story better than… well, the story can. And because they were inescapable – at least 100,000 people on this demo, organised by a number of groups which somehow reminded me of the Taxpayers’ Alliance. Before we all start to sneer – a thought which struck […]
Posted inUS/Canada jaunt 2009
America’s least wanted
Bethesda, Maryland, 02.15am EDT: After Philadelphia, my last stop – Washington DC. Or, to be more exact, a room in an apartment in Bethesda, a few miles outside, with crickets chirruping outside. Getting my bearings earlier, I ran into a group of people protesting against Barack Obama’s healthcare reforms. A few of them were on […]
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