Communism
Tax, Tax, Tax
I was born in 1949, now in 2025 Great Britain has the highest tax burden in my lifetime & I would argue the most degraded public services. Post war the UK has suffered from unrelenting [more…]
Communism
Communism
From Socialism to Welfarism: the Betrayal of the Working Class
Introduction In the century since the emergence of socialism as a political force in Britain, its early promises have been cynically distorted by the very institutions it once sought to reform. The struggle for social [more…]
20th Century
The Reece Committee: Lessons from history
In the early 1950s, against the backdrop of the Cold War and growing concerns over potential clandestine efforts at internal subversion, the United States Congress launched an investigation into the activities of major tax-exempt foundations. [more…]
20th Century
Lands At Stake
A conversation that stuck An old conversation sticks in my mind. A decade or so later, through the synergy of passing time and the illumination provided by events, one plus one becomes three. On the [more…]
Communism
We are running out of bread and circuses
It takes a lot to keep a population anaesthetised. Anaesthesia, as medical Puffins will attest, is a very tricky and demanding mistress. A dash too much potion here, or an insufficient soupçon of elixir there, [more…]
America
Bill Browder
We had a look at Earl Browder, one time leader of the Communist Party of the USA who was up to his neck in all kinds of espionage for the Soviets. Of course being a [more…]
America
Earl Browder
Some of you may have heard of the American born British financier Sir William Felix Browder KCMG, more usually known as Bill. He is the CEO and co-founder of Hermitage Capital Management and in a [more…]
Communism
Communism
A New Dark Age, Part Two
A couple of years ago Going Postal were kind enough to publish My article A New Dark Age. Things were bad then & I knew they would get worse. What I didn’t know was how [more…]