Elections
Reform’s new clothes
Ever since that rogue Bill Clinton came up with his triangulation thing there has been a consensus in British politics that you have to occupy the centre ground to have any chance of winning an [more…]
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Communism
Net Migration
One of the migration statistics that really annoys me is net migration. This is obviously immigration minus emigration. It is a basically pointless measurement aimed mostly at avoiding the charge of racism. Guilty as charged [more…]
Communism
One out, all out – and none in
On Thursday Starmer was cock-a-hoop about his one in one out plan he conjured up with the frog president Micron. The diminutive Napoleon like figure was fresh from losing a court case where he had [more…]
Politics
Blackfriars
As some of you will know but for those who don’t, Blackfriar is Cockney rhyming slag for liar. There is often an element of truth in such slang, maybe the order of Blackfriars (aka the [more…]
19th Century
The Iron Duke’s patience
Napoleon was very dismissive of Arthur Wellesley referring to him as the sepoy General from his time spent in India. In contrast Wellesley said that Napoleon’s presence on the battlefield was worth 40,000 men. In [more…]
Health
Why are we living longer
The statistics don’t lie. For some reason we are living much longer than previous generations, but why. Surely it cannot be down to rNHS, they seem to want us all dead as does this rubbish [more…]
20th Century
Bill Boaks
Bill Boaks was just one in a long line of eccentric political candidates. These days we have the Raving Loony candidates, Count Binface, bus-pass Elvis and a few others. Bill was in a class of [more…]
20th Century
The good war myth
It has long been a given that World War 2 was a “good war”. The allies were fighting against the beastly Germans and “right” was on their side. A chap called Chad Crowley has put [more…]
Politics
What does Reform UK stand for
Nigel Farage has played a blinder so far, Reform UK lead in the polls, the Tories are on their way to oblivion hopefully accompanied by Labour and the world is his Lobster as Arthur Daley [more…]