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The Accidental Strength of the English Constitution

10th December 2025 Going Postal 0

The English constitution is often described as ‘unwritten,’ yet it has proved more durable than almost any codified rival. Its resilience does not stem from philosophical elegance or the vision of a single generation of [more…]

Christianity

A Trip to the Temple

3rd December 2025 Going Postal 0

London, despite its many many issues, is still a nice place to visit, to wonder at the beautiful architecture and to explore its history.  Of course you no longer expect to see many English people [more…]

13th Century

Magna Carta – Did She Die in Vain?

17th August 2023 Going Postal 0

Translation of the full text of the original 1215 edition of Magna Carta from Latin into modern day English. Which clauses were later omitted and which are still valid today? Notes on the English translation [more…]

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The Curse of Government Intervention

13th February 2023 Emile Woolf 0

It should be patently obvious that putting the country into cold-storage for two years, and lavishing unfunded benefits to all and sundry to protect them from hardship, must carry dire consequences for Britain’s  economy – [more…]

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A New Dark Age

12th November 2020 Godfrey Bloom 0

I have been struggling for a reasonable historical analogy to illustrate  where the western democracies are going today. As we have clearly entered a new dark age I do not intend to  hypothesise when exactly [more…]

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The United States is clearly not united, nor was it ever

4th November 2020 Godfrey Bloom 0

One of the great historical myths is the American Civil War was fought to abolish slavery. Serious historians know it was neither a civil war, nor was it fought to emancipate slaves. A civil war [more…]

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