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“Whatever it takes”, Part Two

24th August 2022 Going Postal 0

The Fascist Boogeyman awakes again The threat of a far-right takeover has been around for at least three decades in Europe and Italy has been one of the best “candidates” for the “beginning of the [more…]

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How I stopped being a Lefty and became literally Hitler

28th June 2019 Guardian Council 0

This is what I’ve been putting off writing for the longest time now: a personal account of how things became the way they are now, at least ideologically speaking. When I grew up and all [more…]

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Just Like Nazi Germany

16th July 2018 Jonathon Davies 0

This is for those on the left of politics and others who shout that things are “just like Nazi Germany!” Are the Nazis really coming? The short answer is no. Then why is everything being [more…]

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An Old-fashioned Nurse

21st August 2017 Going Postal 0

On the same day that a national newspaper carried the notice of my wife’s death, the front page had a headline to the effect that ‘Midwife Mistakes’ were responsible for many infant deaths and disabilities; [more…]

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