19 February 2015 Paris Blocking the road from hell By John Watson The thinking behind the outrage in Paris is hard to understand. This was no assault on the bastions of the capitalist and military establishment. It was an attack on innocent people enjoying a pleasant evening out. “Thank God it’s Friday” many of them… Continue reading Issue 29: 2015 11 19: Paris
Category: Comment
Issue 29: 2015 11 19:Blessed are the Peace-Makers
19 November 2015 Blessed are the Peacemakers History is being made by good men in Vienna, not by bad men in Paris. By Neil Tidmarsh The terrible events in Paris have understandably and quite properly knocked everything else off the front pages this week. But it’s worth turning the spotlight back onto the Syrian peace… Continue reading Issue 29: 2015 11 19:Blessed are the Peace-Makers
Issue 28: 2015 11 12: Nosing about in the e-mails
12 November 2015 Nosing About In The Emails Does the draft Investigatory Powers Bill cover all the gaps? By John Watson The failure by the Government to obtain parliamentary authority for the extension of the RAF’s activities in Iraq into Syria conjures up the image of targets dodging across the border like rabbits and then… Continue reading Issue 28: 2015 11 12: Nosing about in the e-mails
Issue 28: 2015 11 12: Class War Is Alive And Well
12 November 2015 Class War Is Alive And Well by Watson Low Andrew Neil hosts a weekly political programme called This Week which exemplifies the cosy “after you, Claude” approach of establishment politicians. Michael Portillo shares a settee with Alan Johnson or Diane Abbott and they clearly have much more that unites them than divides… Continue reading Issue 28: 2015 11 12: Class War Is Alive And Well
Issue 28:2015 11 12:Free but not easy
12 November 2015 Free But Not Easy By Neil Tidmarsh The best things in life are free and natural – a mother’s milk, the air that we breathe, the freedom to think and speak the truth – but we shouldn’t take them for granted. Consider three stories from China in the news this week. Australia… Continue reading Issue 28:2015 11 12:Free but not easy
Issue 28:2015 11 12: Ban it (part 2)
12 November 2015 Ban It (part 2) I’m not going to argue about it, so shut up! By Neil Tidmarsh Last week I wrote rather jealously and wistfully about the power enjoyed by authorities in various advanced civilisations out there to simply ban whatever annoys or upsets them. Imagine my amazement and delight this week,… Continue reading Issue 28:2015 11 12: Ban it (part 2)
Issue 27: 2015 11 05: The Light At The Top Of The Tree
05 November 2015 The Light At The Top Of The Tree By John Watson Most people, if they were asked about Lord Raglan, would start talking about sleeves; and indeed the style was invented for him by Aquascutum so that he could better use his sword in battle, his right arm having been amputated at… Continue reading Issue 27: 2015 11 05: The Light At The Top Of The Tree
Issue 27:2015 11 05: Ban It
05 November 2015 Ban It Go on, Great Leader, you know you want to By Neil Tidmarsh China is overtaking us in the race for the future; it’s already so far ahead that the West is finished and little Britain is no longer significant. So we are told. I’ve never really believed it myself –… Continue reading Issue 27:2015 11 05: Ban It
Issue 26: 2015 10 29 The Snow White Message
29 October 2015 The Snow White Message Focusing on the essentials by John Watson “Mirror, Mirror, on the wall, who’s the fairest of them all?” So the Queen asked in Snow White and the Seven Dwarves and her emphasis on the importance of self-examination has also been reflected by philosophers of less weight. According to… Continue reading Issue 26: 2015 10 29 The Snow White Message
Issue 26:2015 10 29:Hillary’s Hopes
29 October 2015 Hillary’s Hopes by J.R.Thomas The Joe Biden’s announcement last week that he would not be a contender for the Democratic nomination has created quite a dust storm. There is no doubt that most commentators and politicos thought he would run. It also seems that Mr Biden himself expected to run, and a… Continue reading Issue 26:2015 10 29:Hillary’s Hopes
Issue 26: 2015 10 29:The Confused Prize
29 October 2015 The Confused Prize Is someone taking the peace? By Neil Tidmarsh Nobel” is a Swedish name; “Confucius” is a Chinese name; but it’s an interesting coincidence that “Nobel” can easily be taken for “noble” in English, and “Confucius” can easily be taken for “confused”. This year’s Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to… Continue reading Issue 26: 2015 10 29:The Confused Prize
Issue 26: 2015 10 29 Be wary of what you wish for
29 October 2015 Be wary of what you wish for Corbyn, a leader some may want by Tom Dowling It is a severe black mark against the Conservatives that Ed Miliband was ever allowed become a viable electoral threat. Having seen him off, the party is now in great danger of making the opposite mistake… Continue reading Issue 26: 2015 10 29 Be wary of what you wish for
Issue 25: 2015 10 22 Sic Transit George
22 October 2015 Sic Transit George by J.R.Thomas According to ancient legend, victorious Roman generals, whilst enjoying the triumphal procession through Rome to which they were entitled on their return from the battlefield, were accompanied by a slave who whispered constantly in the ear of the acclaimed one “Sic transit gloria, sic transit gloria” (all… Continue reading Issue 25: 2015 10 22 Sic Transit George
