Authoritarianism
Control freakery
When I worked in Kuwait we were joined by three Polish programmers. Two really were programmers, the third was there to keep an eye on the other two. He was expected to work as a [more…]
Articles by well_chuffed
Arts
Communism
Everyone’s favourite villain
Of course there are only a handful of candidates for the title of everyone’s favourite villain and in this case it is Klaus Schwab. He has been known as the King of Davos for 55 [more…]
America
Elections
Reform’s new clothes
Ever since that rogue Bill Clinton came up with his triangulation thing there has been a consensus in British politics that you have to occupy the centre ground to have any chance of winning an [more…]
Communism
Net Migration
One of the migration statistics that really annoys me is net migration. This is obviously immigration minus emigration. It is a basically pointless measurement aimed mostly at avoiding the charge of racism. Guilty as charged [more…]
Communism
One out, all out – and none in
On Thursday Starmer was cock-a-hoop about his one in one out plan he conjured up with the frog president Micron. The diminutive Napoleon like figure was fresh from losing a court case where he had [more…]
Politics
Blackfriars
As some of you will know but for those who don’t, Blackfriar is Cockney rhyming slag for liar. There is often an element of truth in such slang, maybe the order of Blackfriars (aka the [more…]
19th Century
The Iron Duke’s patience
Napoleon was very dismissive of Arthur Wellesley referring to him as the sepoy General from his time spent in India. In contrast Wellesley said that Napoleon’s presence on the battlefield was worth 40,000 men. In [more…]