Elections
Polling Predictions #7
Hello puffins one and all. Today is Resurrection Day but not for the hindu dwarf. His prospects are looking as dim as ever. Try as he may, nothing improves his chances. Little wonder, the man [more…]
Politics
19th Century
Once Quarried From The Old Testament
They say you should never meet your heroes. Is this a recent phenomenon? Certainly, you’d be advised to make an excuse and leave if you think a chief constable is about to enter the room. [more…]
Authoritarianism
You question my authoritay?
You know the game is afoot when the Prime Minister makes a sudden, last-minute, Friday evening, urgent announcement. Surprisingly – perhaps – nowt to do with GP & FF, but on 1 March 2024, Sunak [more…]
Democracy
The Somalian President Embarrassed His Nation
19 Feb 2024 His bitterness at African countries declining to punish Ethiopia for its Memorandum of Understanding with Somaliland made him a susceptible pawn to his controlling US outreaches, after which he irrelevantly ranted against [more…]
20th Century
American Journey 1952, New York
Of course, it’s impossible to do justice to New York in a few hundred words. Its like saying the Pacific is deep or that Everest is high or that Helen of Troy was a pretty [more…]
Elections
Polling Predictions #6
Well what an odd week in terms of polling reports. My usual sources are Britain Elects and UK Polling Report. There has been a dearth of data this week, just a few constituency polls and [more…]
America
The American-Somalian Base Deal Arguably Has Ulterior Motives
The US decided to expand its military influence in Somalia on the pretext of anti-terrorist base-building in order to indirectly pressure Ethiopia after last month’s Memorandum of Understanding with Somaliland in a “plausibly deniable” way. [more…]
20th Century
Crisis Journey, 1947 – Part Three
“The record of what one man saw and heard and felt on a journey through Britain in October 1947, by John Alldridge” Uncle John’s record of his trip round Britain, to assess the extent to [more…]
Politics
‘Wake up!’ – the myth of sleeping populism
Introduction We often see an idea being expressed by those on the right that the people will eventually ‘wake up’. Or, we are told that there are clear signs that people are already ‘waking up’ [more…]