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Continue reading →: An end to racism
The issue of the week in England was racism. The three stories that brought the topic to the fore were the trial of two of Stephen Lawrence's murderers, the eight match ban handed out to Luis Suarez of Liverpool FC by the FA and Diane Abbott's tweet denouncing all white…
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Continue reading →: The Prime Directive of male/female relationships
Arlo and Janis Comic Strip on GoComics.com (click to enlarge) A happy new year to all. May all we men be as prudent as this guy in 2012.
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Continue reading →: Joining the dots
There are two key stories in the news today and my question is this. Why does no-one see the connection between one and the other? How can a government that continues to spend a greater and greater proportion of the money it takes from the productive by force find it…
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Continue reading →: We are not there yet, alas
It's sad to watch America take the path to perdition trodden by Britain since 1946. Money for nothing is a myth. There is always a price to pay. Britain has certainly paid a price in moral decay, as more and more of our people take no responsibility for the welfare…
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Continue reading →: Nationalism is nasty stuff
BBC News – Why Irish soldiers who fought Hitler hide their medals. I hate the petty nationalisms of my home islands. It's why, though as Welsh as the next man if I choose, I prefer to call myself English. Hating the English is not an ideology; still less an honourable…
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Continue reading →: A glorious example of rule by fuckwits
A glorious example of rule by fuckwits. Like he said. It leads one to muse optimistically; is there coded into the software of the Universe some redeeming rule that the competence of a state varies inversely with its size? In which case, might Tim’s jocular cry to “hang them all” not…
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Continue reading →: I wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
Gentle readers, I know I have been quiet of late. This month I purchased a new home in London and brought all my worldly goods together there for the first time in 20 years. I have sold the home in Cheshire to which 'Mrs Paine' and I had planned to…
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Continue reading →: So we were right about this too?
EU-sceptics who predicted the failure of the single currency have been feeling pretty smug for a while. Now, those who have long complained that our political class was being bribed into support for the EU can also start telling their EU-mug friends "I told you so". According to today's FT:…
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Continue reading →: Informed Democracy?
Nobody Important: Democrasy. Is it working?. Our regular commenter Moggsy is a blogger herself, posting at our mutual friend JMB's site, Nobody Important. Today she considers the problems of democracy. She proposes, controversially, that the votes of different categories of voters should carry different weights. Even more controversially, she suggests…








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