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Homage to Catalonia

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As I write this post the police and the Guardia Civil are on the streets of Barcelona and other Catalan towns and cities engaged in running battles with supporters of Catalan independence. Many of today’s UK Sunday newspapers ( at … Continue reading

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Another public vote…..

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We need another public vote, in my view, on the terms of exit from the EU. Not because I want to set aside the result of the first one ( however wrong I think it is ), nor because I … 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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It’s not rocket science…..

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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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So what happened next…?

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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