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Larry’s Diary, Week Three Hundred

12th October 2025 Going Postal 0

Monday Good morning, friends. Yet another beautiful, sunny autumn morning, made better by it being empty of politicians here in Number 10. Legohead and his crew have all bugged off to Liverpool for the party [more…]

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Postcard from Taiwan

11th May 2024 Joe Slater 0

The Alishan Forest Railway runs from the coastal plain into the heart of Taiwan’s empty highlands. It was built in 1912 by the Japanese for the purpose of transporting timber from the mountains for the [more…]

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War is the health of the State

5th December 2023 Going Postal 0

This is precisely what the State is doing. The idea of war, mayhem and destruction being economic boosters is exactly what has supported the thin facade that politicians like to place over their greed and [more…]

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War is the health of the State

28th November 2023 Going Postal 0

For any reasonably well read adult, any amateur student of history or any responsible citizen for that matter, the idea that ”war is the health of the State” should be adjacent to a truism. After [more…]

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The Current Thing

16th October 2023 Jonathon Davies 0

In the last piece I wrote I explained what I thought was going on with the war in Ukraine. Namely, China was pulling the strings in its geopolitical strategy to wage unrestricted war on the [more…]

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Where Are We Now?

25th July 2023 Jonathon Davies 0

It’s been a while since I wrote anything for the blog for various reasons, but I was determined to, as the saying goes, squeeze one out. Last time I wrote I think Boris was PM [more…]

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