Authoritarianism
The death of Habeas Corpus
Let me first fire a major pre-emptive shot across the bows of any reader who is a lawyer, judge or indeed any part of the legal system. I am not a lawyer, and apart from [more…]
Politics
Capitalism
Larry’s Diary Week Five
Monday Bozzie is still away this morning, at the G7, but he seems to have been upsetting a quite a few people. You might remember that yesterday he complained about the US not allowing our [more…]
Authoritarianism
Globalism v. Nationalism Part 8: Judges
“In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in his own eyes.” Judges 21:25 Once again, this piece is probably threatened with being overtaken by events, such is the fast-moving pace of the political scene at present. Last [more…]
America
Keeping Economics Simple
The US Department of Defence is a major customer of many private sector suppliers, including the Boeing Company. Although relationships between customer and supplier are mutually beneficial, that is by no means the only reason [more…]
Animals
Larry’s Diary Week Four
Monday People were a bit uptight yesterday. It was supposed to be a good day, with the announcement of the order being signed to repeal the European Communities Act, but that got overwhelmed by the [more…]
Communism
Das Projekt Europa: The “good” Totalitarianism
Over the last few years, I have been watching with utter disbelief the extent to which the democratic process in this country has been dismantled. It has now come to a point where governmental business-as-usual [more…]
Animals
Larry’s Diary Week Three
Monday Another week and Brexit is still all I’m hearing as I get stuck into my Breakfast (not sure what this is, I suspect it might be some cheapo stuff from Lidil as they had [more…]
Politics
Confronting The Climate Emergency, Part 7
It is six months since the Climate Emergency was declared in the Holme Valley and the variation in temperature I have experienced in this time has been wide – in excess of a 30oC range. [more…]
Authoritarianism
The Slow Death of Democracy in the UK
Events may overtake this piece, but I felt compelled to write after a rather tumultuous week of politics and I think most of what I have to say will still hold true. Since the EU [more…]