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Never interfere with the enemy when he is making a mistake
That’s a line that the Rod Steiger character uses in the the 1970 film Waterloo. And it’s a line I have been repeating to myself again and again over the last few months. My enemies in the...
View ArticleThe Petition of the Scandalmakers
All libertarians should really be opposed to State Visits, by definition. But do I sense that not libertarians but sanctimonious prigs are out in force here in the UK? Trump executive order: Million...
View ArticleSo what should we do about North Korea?
By “we” I mean the American government of course. Let’s try some Q and A: Does North Korea currently possess the means to destroy cities in South Korea, Japan and even the United States? I’m guessing...
View ArticleDarkest Hour – film review
Last night I went with the Sage of Kettering to see Darkest Hour, based on the events around Churchill becoming Prime Minister as Germany destroys Western Europe. Overall, I would say that it is an...
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The real shock today would be if Meghan Markle came out and said she wasn’t a feminist. There were some slight rumblings when the royal-to-be announced she was swapping her acting career for marriage....
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We have heard the Rights of Man called a levelling system; but the only system to which the word levelling is truly applicable, is the hereditary monarchical system. It is a system of mental levelling....
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What I found particularly annoying is the degree to which certain commentators elevated the importance of Meghan Markle’s race. If the media hadn’t told me, and then not shut up about it for months, I...
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Is it time for Parliament to dust off impeachment?
Our friends in the rebellious Colonies have the still active remedy of impeachment for those in office who, one might say, go off the rails, and other remedies as well. In the UK, impeachment is now...
View ArticleAtlas shrugs as Sark faces the shocking truth about price controls
The island of Sark, a small, remote Channel Island, with a population somewhere around 500, part of the Duchy of Normandy and the Bailiwick of Guernsey, but almost entirely autonomous, noted for not...
View ArticleMoney without Kings
It appears that Kenya has some something surprisingly sane: it has decided to remove portraits of real people, especially politicians, from its currency. At one time, policy in the United States was...
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Leaving the EU – a Jersey jaunt and a Guernsey gallivant
Rightly not trusting our leaders to deliver on their statements (there were, IFUC, no promises about leaving the EU from Mrs May), the Sage of Kettering and I have left the EU in that recently, we have...
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Woman who no-one had heard of until she married a royal “set out to prove that women don’t need men to give them status”. I mean I agree but she’s got her work cut out. – Rob Fisher, commenting on this.
View Article“We are reducing its distribution on our platform”
The New York Post has a big story. Very big. Smoking-gun email reveals how Hunter Biden introduced Ukrainian businessman to VP dad By Emma-Jo Morris and Gabrielle Fonrouge Hunter Biden introduced his...
View ArticleThe anti-Watergate
Did you ever watch All The President’s Men? It was a true story about two heroic journalists doggedly tracking down and bringing to light a scandal at the heart of American politics. “The list is...
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The BBC used to at least pretend to be impartial
The current BBC News headline is: LIVE US vote goes to wire as Trump falsely claims fraud The URL above is just the standard https://www.bbc.co.uk/news. The content to which it links will change. I...
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How do you feel about the palace hearing you speak your truth today? “Your truth”. That phrase slipped off Oprah’s tongue with such ease during her interview with Meghan and Harry. But on this...
View ArticleThe King can do no wrong
George Archer-Shee died at nineteen, in what might almost be called a natural death for a young British man of his class at that time – he was killed in the First Battle of Ypres. His name is inscribed...
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