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…]
Statism
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…]
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…]
Communism
Germany in limbo: what lies ahead for savers and investors
The September 26 election was an extremely close race, with the eyes of the world fixed upon the country as it tried to find the successor of Angela Merkel, one the most influential and longest-serving [more…]
Authoritarianism
When Suppliers Prefer Their Goods to Our Pounds
Following his interview with Vladimir Lenin on the subject of inflation in 1919, John Maynard Keynes quoted the Russian as having said “The best way to destroy the capitalist system is to debauch its currency”, [more…]
Authoritarianism
Yellow Boards
I received a picture from a cousin in New Zealand regarding the by passing of the rotten media and standing on the side of the road with placards. This seemed such a fantastic idea I [more…]