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Monthly Archives: March 2013
Domestic extremists and secret police
Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context. 19 March 2013 Ever vigilant to protect Britain’s national security, the country’s secret police have unearthed … Continue reading
Posted in Police, UK, USA
Tagged arms trade, domestic extremism, EDO, George W.Bush, John Catt, secret police, spooks
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Spectacular bank heist in Cyprus
Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context. 18 March 2013 A gang of ruthless bank robbers has been caught red-handed in the tiny … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Europe, Greece, Russia, USA
Tagged Cyprus, European Union, IMF, Nicos Anastasiades, stability levy
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“Sod off, you stupid prat!”
Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context. 17 March 2013 A VICTORY FOR FREE SPEECH On 23 February 2008 at the annual agricultural … Continue reading
Posted in France, Justice
Tagged Animal Farm, Casse-toi pov'con, George Orwell, Helvétius, Hervé Eon, Jacques Chirac, Nicolas Sarkozy, Voltaire
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Homo politicus (2)
Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context. 16 March 2013 HOW POLITICIANS REGARD THEMSELVES “There is, simply, no way of reconciling the … Continue reading
Homo politicus (1)
Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context. 15 March 2013 WHAT PEOPLE GENERALLY THINK OF POLITICIANS “For most of us, political decision-making, … Continue reading
Posted in Politics, UK
Tagged Chris Huhne, Eastleigh, homo politicus, partitocracy, politicians
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Secret courts and partitocracy
Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context. 13 March 2013 We have frequently criticised the stranglehold over political life exercised by the leaders … Continue reading
Posted in Afghanistan, Iraq, Justice, Politics, Torture, UK
Tagged Joe Stalin, Mao Zedong, UK Liberal Democrats, UK secret courts
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Royalty and rendition
Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context. 12 March 2013 Charles, Prince of Wales, heir to the British throne, and his wife, Camilla, … Continue reading
Posted in Jordan, Torture, UK, USA
Tagged Abu Qatada, Duchess of Cornwall, King Abdullah II, Prince of Wales, Queen Rania, rendition
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The people have spoken, the bastards!
Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context. Special editorial note We have gone to town in the following article on the Italian elections. … Continue reading