Category Archives: statistics

The defeat of cholera

Posted on December 13, 2018 by

New epidemic diseases are always terrifying.1 Cholera arrived in Britain in 1832 when Britain didn’t have a medical-scientific infrastructure to cope. Favoured explanations for cholera were Miasma, (roughly, ‘bad air’), moral turpitude and God’s anger. Victorian Britain’s rationalists looked for … Continue reading →

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The Strategic Context of Operation Barbarossa: June 22nd 1941

Posted on September 28, 2018 by

“With Russia smashed, Britain’s last hope would be shattered. Germany then will be master of Europe and the Balkans. Decision: Russia’s destruction must therefore be made a part of this struggle. Spring 1941…If we start in May 1941, we would … Continue reading →

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Trump’s gigantic wall is a medieval response to a non-problem

Posted on August 10, 2018 by

1 The USA has a population of 326.8 million (Britain has a population of 65.6 million people) and 2 The USA has a landmass of 3.797 million sq. miles (Britain is 80.823 sq. miles) and 3 Therefore the USA needs … Continue reading →

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A Bizarre, Wonderful Democracy: the London Borough of Havering, 2018

Posted on July 24, 2018 by

The May, 2018 election was keenly fought in the London Borough of Havering. Havering is a thriving democracy with nine parties elected to the council chamber. There were 2011 candidates for 54 elected positions. The people of Havering favour the … Continue reading →

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International Trade: Neither Trump or Johnson understand this

Posted on June 28, 2018 by
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The Amazing Size of Africa

Posted on October 24, 2017 by

Africa is three times bigger than the USA. Look again at the standard Mercator map and you see that Greenland appears to be the same size as Africa, and yet Africa is actually fourteen times the size of Greenland! You … Continue reading →

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Nationwide Building Society: July 2017

Posted on July 4, 2017 by

Along with virtually every other bank and building society Nationwide work hard at attracting savers. This is their latest offering and in truth it isn’t bad i.e. it is quite attractive. However it is locking savers into negative interest rates … Continue reading →

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