Tag Archives: politics

The Result

Posted on 09/07/2016 by

So, things did not go As Planned. For anybody, judging by the resignations and frantic back-pedalling. And you know what? Some people are quite upset about that – with good reason. Ian Hislop gets applauded Many people have given their … Continue reading →

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Have Sword & Sorcery: Will Travel™ Free Book Offer

Posted on 07/05/2016 by

GOOD NEWS – BUY 3 GET 1 FREE! Go to Lulu.com, buy four print copies of my books, and the cheapest will be free. Just use coupon code TRGE15 EBooks also available, but there’s no discount on them (they’re much … Continue reading →

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The People-leaving-their-country-of-origin Crisis

Posted on 26/03/2016 by

Otherwise known as the “refugee crisis”. Definitely not the “migrant crisis”, because the only crisis involving migrants is one waiting to happen. You want to stop all immigration and deport all migrants already here? Fine – just be prepared to … Continue reading →

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Trident

Posted on 27/02/2016 by

This weekend is seeing large protests against the potential renewal of the Trident nuclear weapon missile system. It’s probably not going to be on the news because the vast majority of news media is controlled by right-wing authoritarian xenophobes looking … Continue reading →

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Irrelevance

Posted on 12/09/2015 by

At the time of the general election earlier this year, the membership level of the Labour party (which, despite protestations of the leadership and the media, has been at least centre-Right since 1995) was around 200,000. Four months later, and … Continue reading →

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Tribalism, or: Divided We Fall

Posted on 15/08/2015 by

Britain is effectively a one-party state. That’s a bold opening statement, isn’t it? However, it is accurate, and I’m going to tell you why. We use a voting system known as First Past The Post. Under that system, the one … Continue reading →

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Call to Action

Posted on 25/07/2015 by

I dare say that many people reading this will be in favour of things like social justice, equality, a welfare state that complies with the articles of the UN Declaration of Human Rights, a publicly-funded NHS, environmental protection, ordinary people … Continue reading →

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