Thursday, 13 October 2016

Our pick-'n'-mix democracy

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Earlier this week our central government overruled the the clearly expressed wishes of most of the residents of the Fylde, a coastal part o...
Monday, 10 October 2016

What centre ground?

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Claiming  to occupy the "centre ground" is a popular ploy in British politics and the Tories did  so vociferously in their confer...
Thursday, 6 October 2016

"Sorry: we got it wrong!" (The Tories)

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"Sorry, we've been getting it wrong for the past six years.  We'll try to do less badly from now on."  In an honest world...
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Monday, 3 October 2016

Mrs May's Great Retreat Bill.

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You have to hand it to the Tories for their choice of words.  Dubbing the parliamentary bill to undo the legislation that took us into the ...
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Saturday, 1 October 2016

Rosetta with Europe or Blue Streak alone?

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Way back in the 1950s we in Britain tried to develop a Medium Range Ballistic Missile (MRBM) called Blue Streak, which would "deliver...
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Thursday, 29 September 2016

All progressives should get behind Corbyn

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 The Labour Party conference has resounded with repeated calls for unity behind Jeremy Corbyn, now re-elected as leader with an even bigger...
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Monday, 26 September 2016

9/26 - America's, and the World's, Black Monday?

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Tonight at 21h00 their time (02h00 ours on the 27th) Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump face each other in 90 minutes of televised debate.  T...
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