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Politics: Jeremy Corbyn: Fit to be Labour Leader?
In my book ‘Comments of a Common Man’ (both the first edition and the new second edition), I have been rather restrained in any criticism...
Politics: Is Boris a Political Martyr, a Smart Mover or a Buffoon?
Boris Johnson’s recent remarks in his newspaper column have – inevitably - led to a storm of protest and a flood of support. What is...
Social Affairs: In defence of Social Media, Amazon and the Rest
Much has been made recently of the low amount of tax paid by Amazon, Google, Facebook and other digitally-based companies that provide...
Social Affairs: Hate Crime or just a Crime?
After recent furores over ‘wolf-whistling’ at women, two fine examples of what really does constitute something worth chasing the...
Social Affairs: Have the Police Lost Control of the Streets?
The question has been asked this very week, on the cusp of the annual great getaway for people in the UK, as the school holidays begin...
Politics: The UK and the EU
This was originally posted on Facebook two days before the referendum on whether or not to remain in or leave the EU was held in June...
Sport - Football The England Question
France are worthy world champions, their 4-2 victory over Croatia demonstrating that, over the course of the tournament, they had the...
Russia 2018
Félicitations et Bravo France
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