Category Archives: Politics

The partition of Poland- Autumn 1939

Posted on February 25, 2019 by odeboyz

Chris

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Book Review: William Melvin Kelley ~ A Different Drummer (1962)

Posted on February 25, 2019 by odeboyz

A Different Drummer is set in America’s deep south in the segregation era. The principal black character is Tucker Caliban working for the family that had, generations previously, owned slaves including Tucker’s great grand-father. The central white family stills owns … Continue reading →

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The price of the Conservatives austerity programme, 2010-19

Posted on February 21, 2019 by odeboyz

A 2017 study published by the British Medical Journal linked health and social care budget cuts to nearly 120,000 excess deaths in the UK since 2010. Last year, the Office for National Statistics revealed that life expectancy has stopped rising … Continue reading →

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Being a Chinese billionaire isn’t all glamour

Posted on February 7, 2019 by odeboyz

Mortality rate notwithstanding, what’s more disturbing is how these mega wealthy souls met their demise. According to China Daily, 15 were murdered, 17 committed suicide, seven died from accidents and 19 died from illness. Oh, yes, and 14 were executed. … Continue reading →

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What has been Britain’s biggest privatization to date?

Posted on January 31, 2019 by odeboyz

…Britain’s biggest privatization has not been of housing or a bank. It has been of land. Since Margaret Thatcher entered Downing Street in 1979, and continuing all the way to the present day, the state has been selling public land … Continue reading →

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The Death of the British Parliamentarian: The Brexit Debate, 11th January, 2019

Posted on January 31, 2019 by odeboyz

Your representative owes you, not his industry only, but his judgment; and he betrays, instead of serving you, if he sacrifices it to your opinion. Edmund Burke on representative democracy, 1774.1 It is worth saying that Torbay voted strongly to … Continue reading →

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Brexit summed up

Posted on January 28, 2019 by odeboyz

Ray E.

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Cicero: he knew a thing or two about treachery

Posted on January 28, 2019 by odeboyz
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James Dyson, the saviour of British Industry, does a runner*

Posted on January 24, 2019 by odeboyz

Sir James Dyson, the British billionaire inventor and outspoken Brexit supporter who called on the government to walk away from the EU without a deal, is moving the headquarters of his vacuum cleaner and hand-dryer technology company to Singapore. *Dyson … Continue reading →

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Referendum Chaos

Posted on January 20, 2019 by odeboyz

Is there no end to the rubbish? May’s plan is rejected Just as expected, but no plan B Two year fixations led to her humiliation. It’s her plan or nothing She has no desire to change Others might conspire Intensity … Continue reading →

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