Ian Blair | Going Postal

The Stockwell Shooting – A Failure of C3I?*

10th February 2019 Blown Periphery 0

Operation Kratos In 2001 international terrorist events directed security services to conclude that terrorist events involving suicide bombers, were not only likely but sadly inevitable in any country. Among many other agencies, the Metropolitan Police [more…]

Owning a Shotgun

15th May 2019 0

A puffin on here has written a series on firearms and their technology up to the 20th century, but what about owning a firearm in the modern day in the UK? What are the laws [more...]
Question Time 18th February 2016

18th February 2016 0

David Dimbleby presents from Stratford-upon-Avon. Panellists include Conservative international development secretary Justine Greening, Labour’s shadow energy secretary Lisa Nandy, the SNP’s John Nicolson, broadcaster June Sarpong and businessman and former Dragon Theo Paphitis. Last week [more...]
The Politics of Hatred and Division

12th November 2016 0

I wrote a post which appeared on Kippers last article and I offer no apology for reprising it here because it got me thinking about how certain political and ideological systems can only thrive by [more...]
To revalue, or not to revalue

23rd February 2017 0

Business Rates are in line for a revaluation. It has been all over the news, and of course London is spitting feathers with the most complaining coming from Sadiq Khan (http://theasianpost.co.uk/sadiq-khan-business-rates-reforms-place-our-local-high-streets-under-threat/ ). Recently a decent [more...]
Question Time with Going Postal

22nd February 2018 0

Graphic EJ David Dimbleby presents topical debate. Set your Disqus comments to ‘newest’. Do not post videos.