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The Adani Group and India’s Spheres of Influence

18th December 2024 Going Postal 2784 Comments

Is the Adani Group Narendra Modi’s Trojan Horse in India’s efforts to counterbalance China’s expanding influence across the Indian Ocean and Africa​? December 12, 2024 The issues surrounding the Adani Group and its deals in [more…]

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Facing Economic Reality – and its retribution

9th December 2024 Emile Woolf 2524 Comments

The Department for Work & Pensions has recntly disclosed that six million adults were on out-of-work benefits just before Britain’s July election – the highest in 30 years. The recent tax rises that, both directly [more…]

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Just think, we voted for this lot

28th November 2024 Emile Woolf 2857 Comments

Each of the sections in this essay warrants a whole chapter, but this abbreviated format should capture the essential features that prevail throughout the West today. The immigration question 1 – One of the key [more…]

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Ensh*tification of The Internet

29th October 2024 Going Postal 3279 Comments

I’ve just finished the first in a series of articles relating to the privacy and security of your electronic life. This has led me down some rabbit holes that are very worrying. Seriously scary. One [more…]

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Postcard From Birmingham, Part Seven

12th October 2024 Always Worth Saying 1771 Comments

Shall we climb the Minecraft Library of Birmingham as far as Mrs AWS’s iffy-with-heights wobbly legs will take her? Find a balcony and enjoy the vista? Yes, we will, and we’ll take a few photos [more…]

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American Journey 1952, Part Two – Providence

21st May 2024 Going Postal 2191 Comments

Over the main entrance of Providence City Hall is a bust of one Roger Williams, the founder of this city. You can see another representation of him in Roger Williams Park, where yesterday the youth [more…]

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Ultra Vires

20th May 2024 Going Postal 2083 Comments

Back in the early 1990’s I was working for Girobank, at that time still part of the Post Office.  Looking back it was a really interesting place to work, still with many civil service customs.  [more…]

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The Case for Abolishing Regulatory Agencies

4th April 2024 Patrick Barron 2037 Comments

Regulatory agencies are not needed and actually retard whatever good they are suppose to prevent or mitigate. I’ll give just three quick examples. The Center for Disease Control (CDC)  The underlying rationale for the CDC [more…]

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There’s no mystique about growth? – But step-one is to restore sanity

25th March 2024 Emile Woolf 2371 Comments

Over the years, my essays have charted the government’s descent from an ignorance of economic principles, all the way to sheer insanity. And there can be no reprieve while the public mind festers in the [more…]

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