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Book Review: Why the Germans do it better

4th May 2021 Going Postal 0

Sorry. This is not a book review. See SB for a refund. But the title of the book in question is amusing. There is no doubt that, indeed, Germans do some things so much better [more…]

Patrick Barron, Going Postal
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A Rights and Logic Based Approach to Pandemics

27th April 2021 Patrick Barron 0

We all are too familiar with the approach to pandemics taken by governments at all levels in the US. In the name of “public safety” governments assumed “emergency powers” to restrict the citizens’ right to [more…]

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Puffins March For Freedom!

24th April 2021 Always Worth Saying 0

During the pandemic, coronavirus legislation has been enacted giving sweeping powers to the authorities which infringe upon our human rights, despite their being passed with no proper parliamentary scrutiny. Do we still live in a [more…]

Jim Walshe, Going Postal
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Coronavirus – the inevitable inquiry

19th April 2021 Going Postal 0

When, this bloody war is ooooover, Oh, how happy I will beeeee. That’s how I feel about that virus! At some stage, we do need to get back to normal.  Remember those days, when you’d [more…]

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Return to HMP UK

13th April 2021 Going Postal 0

Kafka’s Joseph K did not know what his crime was. Dr and Prof K do. They had the audacity to travel to a foreign country for compassionate reasons. Getting to said foreign country was easy [more…]

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Statist Overreach – The Curse of Big Government

12th April 2021 Emile Woolf 0

Whether it’s your local Council, blocking suburban roads with impassable barricades, feigning concern for neighbourhood tranquillity; or imposition by central government of the most intrusive behavioural prohibitions outside of war – this vile syndrome of [more…]

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Gardening In A Pandemic (Who’s Klaus Schwab When He’s All At Home Anyway?)

6th April 2021 Colin Cross 0

It’s always nice to see the first lambs in the village fields. The three (just visible in the header picture) were born on Sunday 28th March, 4 days earlier than expected. This little field and [more…]

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Book Review: They Thought They Were Free

6th April 2021 Going Postal 0

Sorry, this isn’t a book review……………As such. It is, however, an attempt to highlight the similarities between life in Germany during the early 1930s & life in the UK in 2021. In 1955, Milton Mayer [more…]

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You Refuse/Decline to Get Vaccinated…..

5th April 2021 Always Worth Saying 0

Let’s assume for a minute, that the vaccination campaign is led by people who genuinely want to end the current crisis and restore the country to “normal”. Let’s also assume, that they believe that mass [more…]

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