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Some d’Hondt scenarios

17th April 2019 Going Postal 0

European elections are conducted under the d’Hondt system, which works like this: Each voter has one vote and marks his ‘X’ against his choice of party. Each party puts up a list of candidates, in order [more…]

20th Century

Emmet Dalton and the raid on Mountjoy Prison

2nd April 2019 Going Postal 0

This is a story about one of the rebels against British rule over Ireland and about one incident in that rebellion in the early 20th century. Emmet Dalton was born in the United States in [more…]

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Placard-waving and Marching to Exit

1st April 2019 Going Postal 0

The undoing of Brexit has been incremental so that it has been difficult to pin down any one point at which to say “Stop!” We may be reaching the end of this Brexit saga to [more…]

European Union

March For Leave – Day 5

25th March 2019 James Dalton 0

I  am convinced that there is nothing in the world more glorious than a sunny day in gods own county. On a day that will be marked in history as the day the mighty British [more…]

Authoritarianism

Globalism v. Nationalism Revisited

19th March 2019 Jonathon Davies 0

A while ago I wrote a piece on Globalism v. Nationalism. In essence I argued that the old Left v. Right politics was breaking down, and that instead politics was realigning on Globalist v. Nationalist [more…]

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Remainers Didn’t Know What They Were Voting For

27th January 2019 Jonathon Davies 0

How often do we hear the tired refrain that leave voters didn’t know what they were voting for? Certain options were not on the ballot paper, usually followed by an insult to our intelligence. But [more…]

Arts

Where have all the Post Offices gone?

13th January 2019 Going Postal 0

According to Touchstone in ‘As You Like It’, the seventh form of lie is “…the lie direct” (Act V, Scene IV): our Politicians do not often use this form – for instance, the late and [more…]

20th Century

Yon taile of Anthony Bliar: an Bayeux chronickle

20th December 2018 The Black Swan 0

Anthony Charles Lynton Bliar wast borne in thon yeare of our Lorde, Nyneteen Hundrede and Fiftie Thrie, in yon burgh of Edin in yon lande of Jock. Thiss younge ladde greweth – in an mannere [more…]

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The EU Army

17th December 2018 Jonathon Davies 0

“Then Jesus said to him, “Put your sword back into its place. For all who take the sword will perish by the sword.” – Matthew 26:52 The ever wise and credible Remoaners (see below) often ask [more…]

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