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Month: January 2021

Arts

Going Postal with Question Time

14th January 2021 Going Postal 840 Comments

Graphic EJ – Updated by Sam. Fiona Bruce presents another hour of BBC programming from Durham. On the panel are: Minister for children Vicky Ford MP, shadow health secretary Jon Ashworth MP, Westminster spokesperson on [more…]

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Health

Lives, damned lives and statistics

14th January 2021 Going Postal 4683 Comments

On January 11th, the BBC and Sky each made great play of ‘the worst excess deaths since the second world war’ announced for 2020. This clearly conveyed a message that the corona virus was indeed [more…]

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Arts

A Very Different World

14th January 2021 Truthsayer 2901 Comments

Imagine it is just a few years ago and the usual winter respiratory virus is going round. Some years it is heavy, some years less so. This year in question, from a few years ago, [more…]

20th Century

The Desert War – January 1941

13th January 2021 well_chuffed 4788 Comments

The start of a new year and things are getting much warmer in the Mediterranean, North Africa and East Africa. The Luftwaffe arrived in Italy ready to bomb us at sea while Operation Compass continued [more…]

Authoritarianism

A Considered Appraisal of 2020 : That Was The Year That Was

13th January 2021 Going Postal 4807 Comments

2020……….Year Zero……….. The year the Global Capitalist Ruling Classes, having finished their dance of the seven veils, did away with the last figleaf of democracy and reminded everyone who is actually in charge, and exactly [more…]

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Shunting up and down – Episode 8

12th January 2021 Sweaty Dave 4490 Comments

We left this saga with some success and some frustrations. The track was mocked up in parts, with the track tester showing where more work was required (particularly around points). I’d made a ham fisted [more…]

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Arts

Reexamining Corruption

12th January 2021 Going Postal 4547 Comments

It’s hard to make a pro-corruption argument. This might seem like a banal point to make, but it goes a long way to explaining its role as a rhetorical tool to delegitimise incumbent elites. Any [more…]

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Animals

Wildfowling: Of possible futures

11th January 2021 Columba Palumbus 5091 Comments

Sadly, this is the last in my short series about my great passion, and it is also the least satisfying part to write. It is no longer a missive about my personal experiences, but the [more…]

Authoritarianism

A Covid Debrief

11th January 2021 Godfrey Bloom 5162 Comments

I enjoyed a most enjoyable discussion on the numbers with the informed, articulate & fragrant Rebecca Butler secretary to the Free Speech Campaign, last evening sponsored by Open Dialogus.  As a number crunching nerd myself [more…]

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