20th Century
Stalin won the war, Part One
Instead of diving further into the UK’s entanglement with the commies in the thirties, it’s time to take a look at what was going on over the pond. Much of the thirties antics over here [more…]
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Communism
The politics of spite
In politics the left has a long history of hatred which engenders spite and greed which leads to envy. No government before the Starmer administration has had these values in such a malevolent way. They [more…]
Conservatives
The Night of the Living Dead
As a small digression to this article I feel the need to comment about our dear leader first. It is an accepted truth that politicians need skin like a rhinoceros because of the criticism they [more…]
Labour
Rats in a Sack Part 2
This was initially only going to be one article but by the miracles of modern incompetence, it is now a two parter. Part one looked at the leaks and stories of behind the scenes blood [more…]
Labour
Rats in a Sack, Part One
As I started this article more and more leaks were appearing so it began to get more and more jumbled. To save even more embarrassment it is going to be divided into two parts. The [more…]
Authoritarianism
Drunk on Power
Keith has been taking steps, rather large ones, as he attempts to implement the UK equivalent of the former German Democratic Republic in this once green and pleasant land. Much of what follows comes under [more…]
Elections
Aspirations
One of the things that has puzzled me over many years is why governments don’t reverse laws they don’t approve of that have been passed by another party. It seems that in our unwritten constitution [more…]
20th Century
My Uncle David
My dad was one of eight brothers. The oldest of these, born in 1915, was called David. I can remember him from the 1950s but he was always a bit distant, a bit odd in [more…]
Politics
Local Gummint
Local government in England is a mess. I have recollections of films from the 1940s where there was an insignificant looking little man called the Town Clerk who used to run the show. These days [more…]