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Land of opportunity
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Tagged 9/11, Blacks and Asians in prison, ethnic minorities in prison, immigration, Muslim prisoners, War on Terror, World Trade Center
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Worst Mistake in the History of the Human Race
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Posted in Economics, France, Hungary, Literature, UK, Uncategorized, USA, Wales
Tagged Bushmen, Dr James Suzman, Harry Eyres, International Association of Working Men, Jared Diamond, John Maynard Keynes, Madeleine Bunting, Nicolas Sarkozy, Travailler plus pour gagner plus, William Henry Davies
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Lost
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The Patriot Game
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Posted in Literature, Military, Politics, UK
Tagged Adrian Henri, Brian Patten, Henry Newbolt, Liverpool Poets, patriotism, Roger McGough, Rupert Brooke, The Mersey
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Uncle Sam and the heffalumps
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The Times They Are a-Changin’
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Tagged Edward Snowden, espionage, Nazi persecution, O Tempora! O Mores!, Prism, Sarah Harrison, The Times They Are a-Changin'
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Dulce et decorum
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No left left
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Tagged José Saramago, Nobel Prize for Literature, non-existent left, Sell-out by the left
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Joker trumps the pack
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. 8 November 2013 Monarchs were pretty ruthless in medieval times. Dissent could cost a courtier their … Continue reading
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