My Aim is true.

It seems like a lifetime ago and yet in other ways it’s just like yesterday. I’m talking about the summer of 1977 - 49 years ago - and that’s when Elvis Costello released his very first album which was called “My aim is true”. I can still remember buying it and excitedly bringing it home to put on my Record Player. I’ve been a fan ever since.

However this article isn’t about Costello, it’s about me. Like all people, I have my strengths and weaknesses. I’m flesh and blood. I get some things right, I get some things wrong. But I’ve always felt that my aim is actually true!

I met my wife to be at school in fifth form and fancied her rotten! We celebrate 40 years together next year. We know each other got 50 years.

When I went to university, I made a small group of new friends. One of them went on to be the best man at my Wedding. I am still close to all of them and it delights me that our friendship also goes back almost 50 years. From young men to pensioners. What a journey.

I have lived in several properties during my life, but most notably for the last 37 years at one particular address.

So I am a settled person who is fiercely loyal. It’s just in my DNA.

Politically, I am most definitely consistent. I have a healthy disregard for the vast majority of the political class and try to approach all things from a common sense point of view. I put free speech and individual liberty at the top of my list!!

I suppose when I make my mind up about thing, it stays made up.

It’s this persistence that keeps me here! Despite Substack crushing my reach I remain here and am likely to keep going. I don’t give up!