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Category Archives: Poland
EU sticks it to UK
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. 24 February 2018 It is of existential importance to the European Union that the secession of … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Europe, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Poland, Politics, UK
Tagged Brexit, Daniel Hannan, Donald Tusk, Emperor Charlemagne, King Offa of Mercia, Soviet Union, UK Labour Party, United States of Europe, Wofgang Schäuble
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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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Η ελπίδα δέν έρχεται
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: Apologies to readers for a rather long post. This is because it concerns … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Europe, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Politics, Spain, UK
Tagged Alexis Tsipras, Angela Merkel, Christine Lagarde, European Union, eurozone, François Hollande, IMF, Jean-Claude Juncker, Leonidas, Manolis Glezos, Matteo Renzi, Podemos, Simonides, Syriza, Thermopylae, troika, Wolfgang Schäuble, Yanis Varoufakis
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Caput anni
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. 1 January 2015 The good news is that Antigone1984 is to resume blogging as from today. … Continue reading
Posted in Afghanistan, Bahrain, China, Egypt, France, Greece, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Military, Poland, Politics, Portugal, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Syria, Turkey, UK, Ukraine, USA
Tagged Crimea, Cuba, Fidel Castro, Fulgencio Batista, Kuwait, mass surveillance, Nato, Qatar, spy agencies, typewriters
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Left = Right
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. 7 November 2013 “For a long time now, at least thirty to forty years, the policy … Continue reading
Posted in Poland, UK
Tagged consumerism, individualism, Margaret Thatcher, social democracy, taxpayers, the working class, University of Leeds, Zygmunt Bauman
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Cambronne’s rude word
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. 31 October 2013 To be defeated but not to surrender: that is victory. Marshal Józef Piłsudski … Continue reading
Posted in Poland, Russia
Tagged General Pierre Vicomte de Cambronne, Marshal Józef Piłsudski, Poland, Waterloo Battle
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The market rules, OK?
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 August 2013 Here we go again! Having systematically pandered to employer interests while turning a … Continue reading
Posted in Europe, Poland, UK
Tagged capitalism, Chris Bryant, European Union, free movement of labour, market economy, UK election 2015, UK Labour Party
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