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Euro contrariness – Anybody/Anything but Trump

6th January 2026 Going Postal 0

Perhaps its Global Warming/Climate Crisis (nah, it’s all the fault of DJT) , but the epic meltdown of the European political classes has stepped up a gear of late. Emblematic of the hysteria is this [more…]

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2026…..The Year to Start Stopping

1st January 2026 Going Postal 0

A list of fings wot annoy me would be a very,very long list indeed. But we have to start somewhere. So, in the spirit of a New Year, New Slate, how about – Government & Media………………. [more…]

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Overland to Russia, Part Four

16th December 2025 Joe Slater 0

How popular is Putin really? Before trying to answer this, a bit of background is needed. The political landscape of Russia is not really comparable with, say, Britain or France, where the mechanism of democracy [more…]

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It’s a big club and you ain’t in it

11th December 2025 Rookwood 0

I have just had one of these profound, and extremely disturbing light bulb moments. Many on this forum will probably already understand the significance of what I am about to write, but this can be [more…]

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What will come first?

1st December 2025 Rookwood 0

I must admit that I have been feeling a bit guilty of late. Twice now, Swiss Bob has appealed for new articles and I have gone through all sorts of internal machinations considering not only [more…]

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Why Courage — Not Convenience — Is the Foundation of Free Speech

26th November 2025 Going Postal 0

In an age obsessed with stability, optimisation, and institutional authority, we are losing sight of the simplest truth: freedom of speech is the core condition for national and international security. Not because speech itself is [more…]

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To Digital ID or Not to Digital ID?

4th October 2025 Always Worth Saying 0

Above, my mother’s ID card from back in the day. House points to any Puffin who can tell us when, where and why. The prime ministerial launch Meanwhile, decades later and across the waters, Prime [more…]

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A View From The Greenhouse; Hooptedoodle

2nd September 2025 Colin Cross 0

A normal Sunday morning, or so one might think. The end of August is damp and fairly breezy up here in the hinterlands, but nothing out of the ordinary for the time of year. My [more…]

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Control freakery

18th August 2025 well_chuffed 0

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…]

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