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Saturday, 29 December 2012

Weimar Britain

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Deployed to Glasgow - British Army tanks at the Gallowgate cattle market, 1919 "Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of t...
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Friday, 14 December 2012

From Their Cold, Dead Hands - the killing of innocence

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Yet again, hot on the heels of the Dark Knight killer , a gunman has shot many innocents dead in the USA. In this case, at least 27 peop...
Wednesday, 12 December 2012

Looking After His Own

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Well, it was a slip of the tongue but somehow it just seems so appropriate. From the pages of the P arliamentary record, Hansard , Prime ...
Sunday, 9 December 2012

We Love Big Brother

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"They can't get inside you," she had said. But they could get inside you. "What happens to you here is   forever ,...
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Wednesday, 5 December 2012

The Froth of Deception

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Some years ago, sitting in a Starbucks outlet in a northern city (well, it was a long time ago!), I heard an elderly gentleman remonstratin...
Friday, 16 November 2012

Police Alert: Nick Clegg for Wasting Time

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And so the Police & Crime Commissioners elections roar into the record books: as the ones with the lowest turnout in modern British...
Wednesday, 14 November 2012

Positively Spoiling - Police Commissioner Ballot Today

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So the most low key election in British history apparently takes place today as 41 Police & Crime Commissioners are elected for the ...
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Friday, 9 November 2012

America's Choice

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We know now, after a couple of weeks of uncertainty, that President Obama has been re-elected by what passes for a comfortable margin (abou...
Monday, 5 November 2012

Vote Tuesday 6th November; Go Green!

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Sunday, 4 November 2012

All of Us

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Today, 5 th November, is Bonfire Night in Britain . This is our form of what, in many countries, is a fire festival – like Norwuz, ...
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Saturday, 3 November 2012

The Green Choice: Jill Stein for President

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USA - is one of the world's biggest polluters; the average US citizen's activities release nine times the sustainable level o...
Thursday, 1 November 2012

Free & Equal: the Other Presidential Candidates' Debate

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Corporate America would like the world to think that US politics is just about Romney and Obama, Republican and Democrat, two sides of the ...
Wednesday, 31 October 2012

Republican Rape

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In the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, the Presidential election has been temporarily relegated from the headlines, although through the tour...
Tuesday, 30 October 2012

To Serve and Protect...?

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Just two weeks from now, England and Wales get the rather unwanted opportunity to elect Police & Crime Commissioners in 41 districts. T...
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Monday, 29 October 2012

The Revenge of Nature: the Closure of Wall Street

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The world media is aghast at the prospect that Hurricane Sandy, the storm that killed 66 people in the Caribbean last week (nearly...
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Friday, 26 October 2012

Support Your Local Sheriff?

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15th November sees an innovation in British law enforcement of a dubious nature. Thanks to some odd and expensive scheduling courtesy of...
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