Arts
EU
20th Century
Why Germany? Part 2
After the Second World War, the need was felt to learn the lessons from history and make it impossible for Germany to cause any more catastrophes. Integrating the Federal Republic (aka West Germany) into a [more…]
Arts
Why Germany? Part 1
In this brief essay, I’m going to argue that German nationalism is inherently flawed and a danger to others. I will draw on historical, cultural, social and other empirical evidence to make my point. I [more…]
Arts
Placard-waving and Marching to Exit
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…]
Arts
Marching on Parliament
The last day. It’s been some adventure, more on that later. Today is the big day, after 13 days marching from Sunderland we are in London and today we march on Parliament. I hope as [more…]
Business
Some Facts on Tariffs
As the Brexit debate drags on, there seems to be much confusion about tariffs. Neither politicians nor MSM journalists seem to understand the basic concepts. This is natural as politicians, bureaucrats & journalists made a [more…]
Business
Economic Distortion, Courtesy of Your Central Bank
Governments rarely set out to take responsibility for every single issue, but that usually happens anyway. As a result there is a growing expectation by citizens that, whatever the problem, it is the government’s job [more…]
20th Century
Strands from the Yellow Vests
Labelling Leave voters racist bigots did not end “well” in Spring 2016. Neither did calling Trump supporters a basket of deplorables in September 2016. Now it is the turn of the French Gilets Jaunes, in [more…]
European Union
Life on Mars
Predictably, the EU big shots were quick the following day to declare that negotiations for The Deal could not be reopened following the Commons’ amendments votes on 29th January. At the same time, those around [more…]