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As may well be known I do read quite a bit, yes sometimes rubbish but mostly stuff that interests me. I read Quora but again I must say a lot of that is essentially, what you would call, cr*p. Sometimes though you read something interesting. Someone called Fred Bloggs, name not his own obviously but an attempt to stay anonymous. He (or she) had an interesting look upon the question of authoritarianism versus democratic government. He/she might even be a British citizen, seeing he/she used the word harboured and not the US spelling harbored. Whatever... I quote: Because authoritarian states soon become failed states, and when that happens, they have a habit of making their internal problems, external problems. History teaches us this many times over. Here’s why… Firstly, it is important to understand that authoritarianism can come about for many different reasons: for example, through direct aggression (e.g., a coup, invasion) or even through democratic processes, when people are suff

It is rather interesting to read some posts on the website of Quora, the Question & Answer software. I have picked the post below as something close to my own views. The funny thing is that loads of posts thereon are anonymous. Or they are answered according to a question you cannot read. Even so, if you wish to read similar posts, only one way look on Quora. It comes in a variety of languages. But coming back to what the post below says, although presumably an US based discussion, can pertain to the two-party system in the UK as well. Also the religious part as we have a plethora of denominations. The Church of England and its sister denominations in Wales and Scotland are also pretty well looking to serve themselves. The falling congregations are a strong sign things are not as they would want them to be. In a previous post on my blog I did mention the Churches’ predilection to pander to the woke community and so becoming part of it. Switching off many possible worshippers. As

For a while now I have been writing this blog, it is not widely seen but nevertheless it allows me to put my views onto a wider platform. The posts could be seen as displaying a pretty negative view of the political world and the failures of governments. There should be no doubt that things are not really brilliant. Obviously there are good things happening. There are many efforts to alleviate the harm human beings visit upon the planet. Only it is not enough by far. The funny thing is that being negative all of the time might result in some damage to one’s mental health. Although I have a faith, I am a Christian, but even the Church has fallen into the trap of wokism. Possibly due to falling numbers they appear to have resorted to agreeing with every stream of public thought. It has lost touch with the original view of a sound world with a man and a woman being the underlying structure of a healthy society including the care for offspring . That view is the basis of the Bible. The Bi

It’s a bit of a laugh to see how the policies of various governments come back to bite them in the ar*e. Take Immigration, in particular the failure of containing the boats across the Channel. It has allowed many in that shouldn’t have been allowed to stay. But stay they do, wether hidden or not. Some even get what they call  a visa and so they can work. Some end up on the payroll of TfL (Transport for London). I might have guessed this but someone tell me I am wrong? Data to be supplied please. As such people might be inclined to start chanting slogans to show their real intent or the background from which they come. Now, whether they are brown, white, orange, yellow or even white, does not matter. Buses, trams or trains are no place to start outing your allegiance to some political beliefs or rant about perceived aggravation such as happening in the Middle-East. It is funny because I have not heard about any rants against Ukraine for violating the poor nation called Russia. Or for th

Wondering this morning after I have got up out of bed, a bit later than usual as it is Saturday and listening to the awful reporting that the BBC calls News, I wondered about the world. Thinking about it, what is the end of the world really going to be like? Will it be South Sea beaches fringed with coconut palms and frisky maidens dancing with flower ribbons to be put around everyone’s neck? Or will it be the nightmare called Gaza? Or even more, like what we see in Scotland and other areas with the weather. So, some might say, so what, these things are normal. They have happened before and will happen again. Yes, that might well be true in some respects. But we should hasten to add, ‘Will happen much more frequently’! Might I add that all the aforementioned cases will increase? Because the overpopulation of habitable areas will continue unabated. Linked to that will be the ever increasing consumption of available resources. Unfortunately these resources have an end-of-life label attac

It is such a wonderful world, except for the fact we have to deal with stupid liberal woke artists. We have now such a load of idiots around who haven’t a clue about world politics and on top of that do not do any research in the questions that have arisen on the world stage. It is all jumping to conclusions, and mostly regurgitated from others such as some Labour woke lefties. These are the people that think themselves something and important. They just could not wait to get on the record, writing a letter denouncing Israel, conveniently forgetting which side started all this. These are the sort of people who started WW2! Those that were listed on the letter (as detailed in the Telegraph website message) are eminently forgettable. In the years to come people will say Charles Dance, Steve Coogan, who? Never heard of ‘m. Just to put the record straight, I also feel for the Palestinian people. As per the usual, politicians and terrorists start all this mayhem but ordinary people suffer t

Looking at the happenings in the Middle East I wonder how suddenly Hamas, i.e the de-facto army of the so-called Palestinian state, took it upon themselves to invade Israel. It cannot be a coincidence that Russia needed some pressures, not in Ukraine but somewhere else to take away the limelight on them. W here better than the Middle East. I am virtually certain that one way or another there are political shenanigans afoot. What IS Palestine exactly? I know about Bedouins, Arabs and Jews, are these not all one and the same? Sure, there are different religions but if you look very closely there are great similarities. It is stupid of most of us not to notice but three of the most followed religions are all based on the same precedents. So w here does the term Palestine come from, I might ask. There was the Ottoman empire, and prior to that the Roman. Prior to that Alexander rampaged through the area. Prior to that we had Egyptians, Hittites and God knows what else. Even monkeys held sw

There is a beautiful word in the English language – it is ‘duplicity’. What does it mean exactly? Well, the Miriam-Webster dictionary says: Contradictory doubleness of thought, speech, or action or also especially : the belying of one's true intentions by deceptive words or action. I do believe it is taught to politicians, old, new and aspiring ones. A friend of mine who aspired to be a local politician suddenly has a whole new demeanor and opinions changed. If he has any left, that is. They are all and sundry afraid to be held to account. You may ask why that is? Well, I think it is because of the media. Everyone with a mobile or other type of computer equipment can now judge for themselves the words of any politician. Compare the words heard with the reality on the ground. Take the issue of immigrants, the Channel ones. I don’t think I have to outline the issue in detail, we all know it by heart. Possibly started by one of the most duplicitous human beings, the then leader of the

Dear, oh dear, the era of platitudes has come to bite us in the a*se. I usually mention the mental capacity of politicians as being somewhat on the low side. But one would have thought that at least if they say something it is of their own low brain power. But now, what has become apparent is that there must be a primary school somewhere where 6 year olds trying to learn, compose wonderful sentences. Sentences like – ‘Israel must follow the rules of war!’ Or ‘We have no choice but must build seventy new towns’. Even better ‘We need 5 million immigrants to pick lettuces’. Or very similar words. I have been in an western army and I remember the rules of war. The sergeants mentioned them every morning. It was drummed into us that we had to ask politely how the enemy wanted to be killed. Which weapon they would prefer and the preferred size of bullet. Politicians and yes Sir Biden is one of ‘m, should just shut up because it is all just tosh. When you are in battle the only th

Very often I am being castigated for having an anti-peace idealism. What!? But I know where that comes from – it is something I have said, mentioned often. It is fine to believe in human rights but that has to come from both sides. It is now quite evident I was right. Human rights is just a word, a dream. An idea held by yuppies and liberal idiots. Humans are merely animals when it comes to pass. I mentioned some time ago about rats being held in some spacious confinement. All went well, there was plenty of food and space but then they began to multiply as humans tend to do when the opportunities are right. Like food, shelter and enough space. But when that becomes narrow, and food becomes scarcer, all hell breaks loose. Look at Gaza, a living hell. Whatever the arguments are, whoever says they own it, it doesn’t matter. The Earth belongs to all living beings. If there are too many of one or the other, they just fade away or simply die. It is an irreconceivable law of nature. But human

And so the rumblings begin. What do I mean? The rumblings about the war in Ukraine. In a way it is understandable. Like for instance, here in our part of the UK we do not know the agony of daily rocket attacks, the screaming and dying with limbs blown off. Slowly bleeding to death. This only happens far away, so why worry? We have enough to worry about with our own failing economies. With our cost of living. You will now note the slow sentiment growing in western Europe. Look at Hungary, Slovakia, even Poland which is Ukraine’s neighbour. In all of that you can hear the gloating Russian voices who are well versed in the art of sowing dissension and providing fake news. They know well that eventually the US and Europe will tire of supporting the one country that is suffering the agony of having to bear the avarice of a very large neighbour. The neighbour which seems to think that the whole world should be submissive to it. Yes, all of it. The problem is that the picture of how that shou

Oh deary, deary me, poor old Rishi has done it now. He has cancelled the railway to Manchester. You know it as the H2 extension. Well, as far as I am concerned he was absolutely right. Not only that, it was long overdue.Despite the obvious spineless woke assertions from the crazy liberal but mouthy minority, he was right to question the value of just linking large cities to that other country called London. He gave as the reason, which should have been obvious to all and sundry, that it would be much better to look at the complete infrastructure. Good Lord, here we finally seem to have somebody that actually looked at the reality. Take as an example this scenario, you have spent billions and billions on a project that would just help a few thousand people to travel a quarter of an hour shorter so they can stand in a longer queue for the Crown Jewel exhibition in the Tower of London.  And then we have the railway line called the ‘Centre of Wales’ line which has been hailed as the most s