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27th April 2024 Always Worth Saying 1690 Comments

As everyone knows, the Cold War was won by minor public school boys with bad degrees from embarrassing new universities. Sat on the banks of the Danube they sketched Czech freight trains disguised as if [more…]

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Politicians – the People’s Enemy for Centuries

27th July 2021 Godfrey Bloom 2295 Comments

Most problems that blight the lives of ordinary folk are caused by politicians. In a democracy one might suggest this is counter intuitive, but democracy has mutated since its  Athenian concept so drastically it has [more…]

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What is the Role of Government in a Free Society

14th December 2020 Godfrey Bloom 3952 Comments

Not once have I heard this debated in recent years. Yet the view of the electorate has never been so diverse. Politicians as a genre are drawn from those of a bossy disposition. They are [more…]

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The political machinations of Hirudo medicinalis

21st August 2020 Rookwood 3331 Comments

For those not fortunate enough to have received a classical education with a strong foundation of Latin, the above title may seem rather peculiar. How, in the name of all that is logical and sensible, [more…]

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Pepita’s Cuddly Toy Massacre

5th March 2020 Going Postal 3842 Comments

I adopted Pepita five years ago. She was five at the time. The local vet, who is yet another ghey ultra conservative, told me that a woman he knew had just got divorced and wanted [more…]

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Anna Soubry

2nd April 2019 Going Postal 5612 Comments

I first came across Anna Soubry MP on an edition of BBC Question Time four or five years ago. Until this auspicious moment I confess I had never heard of the Conservative Member of Parliament [more…]

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