Tag Archives: government
The Not Quite Ides Of June
So this is awkward. The United Kingdom becomes an even greater laughing stock around the world as Theresa ‘not at all strong or stable’ Maybot clings desperately to the last vestiges of power and pretends that her party didn’t take … Continue reading
Posted in Music, Politics, television
Tagged Donald Trump, DUP, election, Friends, government, Phil Spector, Politics, The Ramones, Theresa May, United Kingdom
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A Week Is A Long Time In Politics
What a complicated system British parliament is. Although two parties generally collect most of the votes during a general election there is no limit to the number of parties who can field candidates and there is nothing to prevent anybody … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Finance, History, Politics
Tagged Brexit, DUP, European Union, Good Friday Agreement, government, Jeremy Corbyn, Labour Party, Liberal Democrats, parliament, Politics, Sinn Fein, Theresa May, Tories, UDA, UKIP
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Oh Boy It’s Swell To Say…
Lots of sleepings have happened. Not enough to make my body like me but lots. And there has been some walking about, some saying of the words “Fuck me the wind is cold!” and some drinking coffee and talking of … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Finance, food, friendship, health, History, Life, Music, Politics, travel
Tagged America, bollocks, Brexit, Charles II, coffee, Elvis, England, European Union, fracking, friendship, government, History, imperialism, jetlag, love, manufacturing, Music, NHS, Ohio, resources, slavery, Sleep, Toledo, Trump, United Kingdom
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This Is England
At school I was taught that Napoleon once referred to England as ‘a nation of shopkeepers’. It is now commonly believed that he didn’t say any such thing, that the statement either originated from one of his less celebrated fellow revolutionaries … Continue reading
Posted in Education, History, Politics, travel
Tagged banks, Boulogne, capitalism, corporations, David Cameron, dissent, England, France, French Revolution, government, History, ideology, Margaret Thatcher, monarchy, Napoleon, protest, reign of terror, school, Theresa May, Westminster
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