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It has happened again. First the 2015 General Election, then the Referendum, then the US Presidential election and then another non-politician without a party becomes President of France. Now this opportunistic General Election. An enhanced Tory majority was widely anticipated, indeed, … Continue reading
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Internecine warfare, holding on by one’s fingertips and, just a fortnight ago, a crucial vote. Lots of people have been accessing Who Rules Spain? Erm…. recently which has prompted the question in the title of this article. My last post on … Continue reading
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two legs bad.’ The phrase from George Orwell’s Animal Farm coined by the victorious pigs after they and their fellow creatures overthrow their oppressor, Farmer Jones. Never again are the humans to return to the position of power, which is to … Continue reading
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‘Who is this Lord Howard? Someone from Thatcher’s time,’ said my friend Mario. ‘Declare war on Spain? What nonsense.’ Beside him a Daily Mail (Spanish edition) headline screamed about an Armada being sent to defend Gibraltar (Jebel-al-Tariq). Mario lived for … Continue reading
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Step Right Up! Buy Your Democracy Here!
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Not exactly knock down prices ‘though. Members of Parliament at £100m each, all up front and above-board, complete with Ulster brogue. Brown envelopes not required. Like the country peasant who, in the old English folk song The Ploughboy climbs up the social scale … Continue reading →
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