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Protecting a Societal Cancer with a Web of Lies

16th December 2025 Patrick Barron 0

There is a deadly cancer that is eating away at Western society—Welfare. It is supported by a web of lies that are so pervasive that no one dare question them. Two of the most ingrained [more…]

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Qualifications to be a minister

15th December 2025 well_chuffed 0

With the dreadful Rachel from Complaints presenting as the most incompetent Chancellor, probably since records began there come the usual cries of why not get somebody qualified to do the job. In such cases I [more…]

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What Greenhouse; The State Of The Nation…Innit

9th December 2025 Colin Cross 0

The recovery continues apace. As I sit writing this missive, I’m six weeks in and although the stairs continue to present something of a challenge and I’m still using a stick I feel that I’m [more…]

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An Economic Four-Way Test

9th December 2025 Patrick Barron 0

I was a member of Rotary International for many years. All meetings either started or ended with a recitation of the “Four-Way Test”. Is it the truth? Is it fair to all concerned? Will it [more…]

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3p per mile

4th December 2025 well_chuffed 0

It has been pointed out a few times that the November 2025 budget has many changes to taxes and rates but many don’t come in to effect until after the May elections. Are Labour running [more…]

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Immigration, unemployment and publicity

3rd December 2025 Going Postal 0

When all else has failed, our great leaders and civil servants usually  revert to telling us we need immigrants to ‘do the jobs the British won’t do’ (even when those jobs were only advertised abroad, [more…]

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Rachel Reeves. Avoid

29th November 2025 Always Worth Saying 0

“I wasn’t born into this,” wailed Rachel Reeves, as she alternated between blaming misogyny and everyone else for the expectation-management debacle leading up to last Wednesday’s budget. Reeves even held an unprecedented press conference, pointing [more…]

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UK Autumn Budget 2025 Summary

27th November 2025 Swiss Bob 0

Tax and spend, tax and spend, tax and spend.   © Swiss Bob 2025  

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“Sometimes, the only winning move is not to play”

25th November 2025 Going Postal 0

This was the conclusion of the assessment of legendary investor Michael Burry regarding the current market conditions. To be precise, his take as recently posted on X, in full, was “Sometimes, we see bubbles. Sometimes, there [more…]

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