Magna Carta | Going Postal

What’s Wrong with our Politics?

20th June 2019 Going Postal 0

No, I’m not a lawyer, but this week – in the process of explaining how our government works, to someone else – I arrived at some personal insights regarding what’s wrong with our politics, which [more…]

The British Constitution

18th November 2018 Going Postal 0

“The ultimate authority in the English Constitution is a newly elected House of Commons”. Walter Bagehot, 1867. “It is not for the benefit of those who exercise the powers of government, that constitutions, and the [more…]

Calais Children and Nonsense

2nd November 2016 0

Let : Multiply both sides by x : Subtract 1 from both sides : Divide both sides by :
Lest we remember

11th April 2019 0

The 1813 Battle of Leipzig is known in Germany as the Battle of the Nations (Völkerschlacht). It was greatest fight in European history prior to World War I, with nearly 400,000 Russian, Prussian, Austrian and [more...]
German code breaking during WW2, Part Seven

18th April 2018 0

One of the lesser known parts of German Signals Intelligence was the Radio Defence Corps of the Armed Forces. Their main function was to monitor clandestine radio transmissions within Germany and later German controlled areas. [more...]
World’s Longest Flight

16th November 2018 0

Obviously satellites go millions of miles but they are unmanned, man had been to the moon, but that was using rocket power. These days with fuel efficient jet engines, composite air-frames, computers to aid pilots [more...]
The Anti British Broadcasting Collective (Part Two)

3rd September 2016 0

People often ask me “What IS your problem with the BBC”? The BBC is a long established and supposedly cherished national institution. It has a heraldic coat of arms with 2 eagles supporting a shield, [more...]