Authoritarianism
Authoritarianism
Authoritarianism
Riot Predicting And All That………..
In regard to the unrest (riots) that have rocked the UK recently. The proximate cause for the riots was the murder spree by the Welsh-born child of Rwandan immigrants, who – at present allegedly – [more…]
21st Century
Last Bastion of the Colonial Home Guard
The Home Guard is institutionalised at the National Police Service and is evident in the lives that have been claimed through state-sanctioned violence during the ongoing Gen Z protests. 14 August 2024 According to a [more…]
Authoritarianism
A View From (The Tap Just By) The Greenhouse; Show Edition (Can I Still Say That)?
The middle of August and, as I type, we have 30mph winds and rain that could penetrate plate armour. I’m putting it down to “Global Warming”, I’m sure it has little or nothing to do [more…]
Authoritarianism
Riots, Royals & Petitions For Parliamentary Reform
It’s standard practice when a making a complaint that one: articulates the complaint to the appropriate person in writing says what would resolve the complaint i.e. what you want them to do Why should it [more…]
21st Century
Hatuwezi Ishi Hivi (We Can’t Live This Way)
Police brutality during the #RejectFinanceBill protests has shown us that while politicians can afford to sit back and wait for the 2027 general election, we the citizens of Kenya do not have that luxury. They [more…]
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Thoughts of a Free Man
I do not despise this man. I am sure he believes that he is right and that is something to which we are all entitled. Opinion is not something that should be policed because it [more…]
Authoritarianism
The road to Serfdom: are we on the final stretch?
An attempt at an analysis from the perspective of a free Swiss individual What you’re about to read is the abridged and condensed English translation of a speech I gave in Munich in November 2023. [more…]
21st Century
Smartphones and Dance-Moves
In May, there were public discussions on the Finance Bill and although concerns were raised on taxation of essential services and other issues connected to it, public participation became a facade and concerns of taxpayers [more…]