Monday, 18 March 2019

What next? Nigel Farage's boast

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I chose a very bad time to stop reading the newspapers. It freed up huge amounts of time but I cannot miss these moments in our island stor...

Oscar Wilde was a pederast

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For decades, Woody Allen was immune to almost any and all accusations against him because of Annie Hall. He was even forgiven for every fi...
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Rod Liddle: Brexit, BBC bias and the liberal elite

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"What you've actually got is virtually Dubai, where there's an affluent white elite preying on the appalling wages of incomin...

Shutting down debate over Muslims

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As I mentioned yesterday, the Al Noor mosque in Christchurch, where the massacre on Friday took place, had a small congregation yet produc...
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Bertrand Russell quotations

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Eliminate distractions. It is clear that thought is not free if the profession of certain opinions make it impossible to earn a living....
Sunday, 17 March 2019

Today is St Gertrude's Day - she is the patron saint of cats

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Saint Gertrude praying as mice (or holy souls) scamper up her crozier. Image via  Wikimedia . She has a crozier because she was an ab...

Nuclear energy is not dangerous after all

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It seems nuclear energy is not dangerous after all, unless you use it to drop a bomb. So says Michael Shellenberger, President of Environme...

Why was it so important that the video of the Christchurch killings be suppressed?

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I don't know if this is a stupid question but why was it very important to remove the 1.5 million copies of the video made by the alleg...

“She is mean. She is rude. She is cruel. She is stupid. I have heard that from almost everyone who has dealt with her”

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A very interesting and enjoyable article in the German press about how absolute awful Theresa May is. It quotes Matthew Parris, whose views...

John O'Sullivan ‏

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John O'Sullivan ‏   @JohnOSullivanNR   15h 15 hours ago More John O'Sullivan Retweeted James Moyies If May's deal ...

Christchurch suspect is an eco-fascist who admires the People’s Republic of China.

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The man arrested for massacring 49 worshippers in a mosque in Christchurch, New Zealand posted a manifesto online just before the attack. I...
Saturday, 16 March 2019

Brexit: it looks as though Theresa May, Olly Robbins and the civil servants will win

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On Thursday Theresa May's deal comes back to the Commons for a third time if the Speaker allows the Government to have a third attempt....

I posted this argument in favour of referendums back in July 2011

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I am not a theoretical democrat. I do not blame Lord Grey for not giving the working class the vote. That would be like blaming Henry III f...
Friday, 15 March 2019

Delaying Brexit is not popular among British voters (but what business of theirs is it?)

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38% of the British favour delaying Brexit. 43% oppose doing so.
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Quotations

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Peter Drucker The most important thing in communication is hearing what isn't said.
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Curiouser and curiouser

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The  Conservative   Government motion requesting the said Government to ask the EU to allow a delayed Brexit passed the House of Commons by...

The Dâmbovița this morning

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Thursday, 14 March 2019

Things are still going to plan for Theresa May - the plan Olly Robbins explained in the bar in Brussels

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Sky news presenter Beth Rigby, following the vote against no deal:  ‘I don’t understand: why you don’t just take her deal and bank the win...
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Another historic night at Westminster

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Last  night was another night as historic as the debates on the Reform Act in 1832 or  on the European Communities Act 1972, which took Bri...
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Wednesday, 13 March 2019

What no deal would look like

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At 7 a.m. the British government published its plans for what to do if we leave the EU with no deal. They make no deal sound attractive to ...