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Category Archives: Ireland
Attaboy! Sock it to ’em!
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 August 2018 “When a thousand people believe some made-up story for a month – that’s … Continue reading
Posted in Australia, Economics, Europe, France, Germany, History, Ireland, Israel, Italy, New Zealand, Pakistan, Palestine, Philosophy, Politics, Religion, Saudi Arabia, Science, Turkey, USA
Tagged “21 Lessons for the 21st Century”, “Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind”, fake news, Religion, Yuval Noah Harari
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The Last of England
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. 28 April 2017 “England is no more. That is why this is a good time to … Continue reading
Posted in Belgium, Economics, Europe, Globalisation, Ireland, Literature, Politics, Religion, Scotland, UK, Wales
Tagged "Country Life", "The Long Revolution", A.N. Wilson, Alan Brien, Ars Poetica, Brexit, Clive Aslet, Cobbett, Crabbe, dark satanic mills, E.M. Forster, England, F.R. Leavis, Ford Madox Brown, Garden of Eden, George Sturt, Giles Fraser, Henry James, Horace, King George III, laudator temporis acti, OliverGoldsmith, Perry Anderson, Procrustes, Queen Elizabeth I, Raymond Williams (1921-1988), The Last of England, William Blake
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Lost at sea
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Posted in China, India, Ireland, Japan, Korea, Military, Politics, Syria, USA
Tagged Alice in Wonderland, Aristotle, Bashar al-Assad, Donald Trump, Humpty Dumpty, Kim Jung-un, Narushige Michishita, Oxford Dictionary of English, Philp II of Spain, Spanish Armada, trumpery, USS Carl Vinson
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Why the UK does not need the EU crutch
4 July 2016 “[Je refuse] la création d’une zone de libre-échange de l’Europe occidentale, en attendant la zone atlantique, laquelle ôterait à notre continent sa propre personnalité.” Le général de Gaulle, 1967. “I refuse to accept the creation of … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Europe, France, Germany, Globalisation, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Poland, Politics, Portugal, UK, Uncategorized
Tagged bisphenols, Blanketeers, Brexit, Chartists, Combination Acts, European Economic Community, European Union, Factory Acts, General de Gaulle, herbicide roundup, Luddites, neonicotinoids, Peterloo, pollination, Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, TUC, UK Labour Party, universal suffrage
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CONTRA UNIONEM EUROPAEAM
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. 23 April 2016, St George’s Day CONTRA EUROPAM A PHILIPPIC IN TWO PARTS AGAINST … Continue reading
Posted in Belgium, Economics, Europe, France, Germany, Globalisation, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Literature, Luxembourg, Military, Philosophy, Politics, Portugal, Scotland, Spain, UK, Ukraine, USA
Tagged Alexis Tsipras, Alfred Lord Tennyson, Big Bang, Brexit, Dostoevsky, F.R. Leavis, Henry V, J.G. Herder, Jeremy Corbyn, King Offa, Obama, Queen Elizabeth II, Rena Doulou, St George, Syriza, TISA, TTIP, UK Labour Party, William Shakespeare
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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. 17 May 2015 “The people have spoken, the bastards!” These are the immortal words of Dick … Continue reading
Posted in Germany, Ireland, Politics, UK
Tagged Dick Tuck, disability, Eton College, George Danielson, human rights, Lib Dems, Middle Ages, rocket science, sadistic, Schadenfreude, string theory, Tory Island, William IV
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None of the above
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. 6 May 2015 NONE OF THE ABOVE With the UK parliamentary elections due to take place … Continue reading
Merchants of death
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 November 2014 “A fag is a tube of paper with a fire at one end … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Europe, Health, Ireland, Japan, Politics
Tagged Ballymena, EU, gas chambers, hard drugs, Ian Paisley Jr, Japan Tobacco, JTI, JTI Gallagher, Martin McGuinnnes, Northern Ireland, Peter Robinson, smoking, Unite trade union
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Urns for Europa
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. 21 May 2014 The much-hyped non-event of the European Parliament elections is upon us again – … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Europe, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Politics, Spain, UK
Tagged euro, European Parliament elections, eurozone, gold standard, internal devaluation, partitocracy
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