Politics
What Happened to British Trade Unions?
As a confirmed libertarian you might expect I am hostile to the concept of trade unions. Not at all. It is very libertarian to form a group to bargain with employers for better pay & [more…]
Politics
Authoritarianism
The story of Matilda (Revised)
I wrote a few notes on Warble Gloaming recently, and with the gloomfest that is COP26 looming I thought it might be time to revisit them. Here’s the third, where I try to list the [more…]
19th Century
Men Among the Ruins: Julius Evola – Orientations (1950)
Introduction Julius Evola was an Italian philosopher who lived from 1898 to 1974. I was recently introduced to him by the Academic Agent, who devoted a day of programmes to him on his YouTube channel. [more…]
America
January 6th – Political prisoners abused!
This blog follows well onto my blog from a few days ago about Americans growing a set!! If this subject matter does not infuriate you and make you want to stand up and do something, [more…]
Authoritarianism
Apollo 13 (Revised)
I wrote a few notes on Warble Gloaming recently, and with the gloomfest that is COP26 looming I thought it might be time to revisit them. Here’s the second, on that well-known danger to Life [more…]
Authoritarianism
Extinction Rebellion Writing UK Local Government Policy
Whilst the public are affixed to the distractions of COVID politics, climate politics, Alec Baldwin, the ‘Far Right’ and structural racism, Extremist Rebellion cling like ivy to their focus – implementing public policy in the [more…]
Business
Micro-Economics of the Firm
Boris Johnston informed the Conservative Party conference a few weeks ago that he “has the guts to turn the UK into a dynamic high-wage economy”. But he said nothing about how he would achieve this [more…]
Authoritarianism
Ice Station Zero (Revisited)
I wrote a few notes on Warble Gloaming recently, and with the gloomfest that is COP26 looming I thought it might be time to revisit them. Here’s the first, which I’ve named after an Alistair [more…]
Authoritarianism
Oh well, there dies another article on the altar of censorship
We are all very familiar with the axiom of Murphy’s or Sod’s law, if something can go wrong, it will. I was 750 words into my latest article on the horrific political assassination of Sir [more…]