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There’s something about UKIP

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I was going to write a different article, but then I read more articles from various political pundits and changed my mind, so instead you have a slightly rambling article which probably isn’t going to say anything new. We are thankfully now out of political conference season, not quite sure what purposes these conferences do any more other than raise funds and get the select parties free TV time but anyway. What’s been interesting is how much time the political punditry (which as I’m writing this, should include myself) have spent talking about UKIP. Every other parties conference seems to … Continue reading →

Petition for the Falkland Islanders

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It may not have escaped your attention that those Argentinian types are once more rattling sabres and demanding we had over the Falkland Islands, in the hope of distracting attention from problems at home. In response to these demands for “negotiation” over sovereignty the islanders had a vote which resoundingly said “no thanks we’ll stay British”, now in these enlightened times where indigenous self determination and democracy is all the rage you’d expect that to be the end of it, or at least for our staunchest allies to leap to our defense. Well said to say not a bit of … Continue reading →

What’s yours, is theirs

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Work and life having calmed down again for a little bit, there’s so much to catch up on, so with a bit of luck and a few pints expect a bit of a blog frenzy (may as well enjoy it whilst I can – but that’s for another post). The wheels continue to fall off the glorious EU project with Cyprus first saying they’re going to raid people savings, this turned out to be unpopular so their MPs voted against it, but despite that Cypriots are still limited in how much of their own cash they can with draw from … Continue reading →