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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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Refuseniks
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 May 2015 The abstentionist bloc in the British electorate registered a resounding success in the … Continue reading
Scoop! Hold the front page!
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 April 2014 SHOCK HORROR DOWN UNDER! ROYAL PARENTS “CARRY” BABY SON OFF PLANE! Millions of … Continue reading
Don’t fix it if it’s not broken!
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 January 2014 Children from two to ten years old should “feel the texture of a … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Ireland, Literature, Uncategorized
Tagged Book of Kells, Clare Daly, Ruairí Quinn, Trinity College Dublin
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Liberty: bottom-up not top-down
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 January 2014 Liberty has never come from the government. Liberty has always come from the … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized, USA
Tagged Liberty, New York Press Club, Princeton, Woodrow Wilson
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Scott McKenzie
10 January 2014 As a diversion from our troubled times, why not check out Scott McKenzie’s 1967 hit single “San Francisco”, a song symbolic of the flower power generation and the counter-culture among students in America at the peak of … Continue reading
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White horses and pink elephants
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 December 2013 The white horse you see in the park could be a zebra synchronised … Continue reading
Posted in China, Literature, Philosophy, Uncategorized
Tagged A white horse is not a horse, Anne Jellicoe, China, Kung-sun Lung, logic, Ming jia, pink elephants, sophistry, zebra
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Worst Mistake in the History of the Human Race
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. Paris, Saturday 16 November 2013 “Travailler plus pour gagner plus” Work more to earn more This … Continue reading
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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Celts best Romans
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 November 2013 Vae victis! Woe to the vanquished! Remark attributed to the Celtic leader Brennus … Continue reading
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Tagged 390 BC, Brennus, Celts, Italy, Rome, vae victis, Woe to the vanquished
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Contra poenam capitalem
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 May 2013 Editorial note: We have removed this post for technical reasons. ——– You might … Continue reading
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