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Category Archives: UK
Kafka
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. 5 April 2012 CONCEALING TORTURE In a draconian crackdown on civil liberties redolent of the totalitarian … Continue reading
Posted in China, Justice, Korea, Media, Torture, UK
Tagged civil liberties, internet surveillance, Kafka, secret courts
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Big Mac
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. 4 April 2012 SHOWCASED FOOD Commenting on measures being adopted to ensure food and drink hygiene … Continue reading
Big Brother
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. 2 April 2012 ORWELL Today, 2 April 2012, the print edition of the Guardian newspaper … Continue reading
Posted in Police, Politics, UK, Uncategorized
Tagged 1984, Big Brother, Orwell, secret police, state surveillance
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We’re all in this together
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. 22 March 2012 UK BUDGET: ENRICHING THE RICH AND STUFFING THE POOR The UK’s right-wing … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Politics, UK
Tagged millionaires, the elderly, toffs, UK budget 2012
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Pinocchio
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 2010 HIPPOCRATES A flagship bill to privatise Britain’s publicly funded national health service (NHS) … Continue reading
Posted in Literature, Politics, UK
Tagged David Cameron, Hippocrates, National Health Service, pathologists, Pinocchio
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Red carpet
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. ANGLO-US TALKS FOCUS ON RETREAT FROM AFGHANISTAN 14 March 2012 We refer below to the writings … Continue reading
Posted in Afghanistan, Military, Politics, UK, USA
Tagged the Anglo-US special relationship, Tom Paine, Vietnam War
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Selling off the family silver
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. 10 March 2010 PRIVATE AFFLUENCE, PUBLIC SQUALOR “First of all the Georgian silver goes, and … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Politics, UK, USA
Tagged Canaletto, family silver, Harold Macmillan, J K Galbraith, Margaret Thatcher, privatisation
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Cosa Nostra
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. 9 March 2012 SOCIAL NONENTITY We revisit below, for the edification and delectation of our … Continue reading
Posted in Politics, UK
Tagged Cosa Nostra, individuals, Margaret Thatcher, society, the Mafia
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Watch out, Martians!
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 March 2012 STAR WARS Here we go again. According to yesterday’s Guardian, UK Prime Minister … Continue reading
Posted in Iran, Israel, Military, Saudi Arabia, UK, USA
Tagged Martians, Milky Way, nuclear weapons, Star Wars
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