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Nicola Sturgeon: Her Fall In Context

Jac — Tue, 07 Mar 2023 09:30:18 +0000

There’s something odd, even tragic, about an intelligent woman destroying her political legacy and damaging the cause she believes in to argue that women have penises and men can give birth. How can anyone, let alone someone as smart as Nicola Sturgeon, believe such nonsense? The answer is that she might not believe it at …

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The Alliance Against Livestock Farming

Jac — Wed, 16 Nov 2022 08:00:51 +0000

This week’s piece about wildlife trusts and environmental groups complements what I put out last week about the assorted river charities. For both seem to be funded to shield Dŵr Cymru (Welsh Water) and others from criticism by blaming livestock farmers for all river pollution. Also, to pursue the so-called ‘Welsh Government’s Net Zero lunacy …

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Climate Change – That Old Time Religion!

Jac — Tue, 19 Jul 2022 07:30:58 +0000

As you may have guessed, I am somewhat sceptical of the claims made by those who insist we’re heading for a climate catastrophe . . . unless of course we do as they tell us. ♦ THE ADVANTAGE OF HINDSIGHT I’m an old bugger and I’ve been hearing horror stories about climate change all my …

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London Lying

Jac — Wed, 04 Apr 2018 16:52:54 +0000

I don’t know about you, but I don’t like being lied to. Obviously, when it’s your children, or grandchildren, you often suppress a smile before putting them straight. But when it’s a corporate body as powerful and influential as the British Broadcasting Corporation, then it’s an entirely different matter. For this is a source of …

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Jerusalem Unsundered

Jac — Mon, 03 Apr 2017 07:45:01 +0000

NATIONS ‘The nations and regions of the UK’ is a term used by the BBC and other organisations and it fascinates me for a number of reasons. Primarily I suppose because I can readily identify the former but I’m confused when I read about the latter, especially in a political context. Do you know where …

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Brexit, Wexit: Things Can Only Get Better!

Jac — Mon, 27 Jun 2016 19:32:36 +0000

THE REFERENDUM RESULT In my previous post I set out my reasons for voting to leave the European Union. I didn’t think I’d be on the winning side, but there you are. On Thursday night I’d planned to watch the results programme for a bit and then head to bed around midnight. My expectations of …

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The British Propaganda Corporation

Jac — Thu, 25 Sep 2014 21:52:40 +0000

In times of national crisis, when Britain is under threat or involved in overseas conflict, the BBC gives unquestioning support to the official government line. To all intents and purposes the BBC becomes the mouthpiece of the government, an agent of propaganda. This is understandable, it may even be acceptable, though what is less easy …

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Euro Elections: Picking Through The Bones

Jac — Tue, 27 May 2014 18:45:58 +0000

Now that the dust has settled let’s see who’s still standing, who counts as walking wounded, and who might be deserving of a coup de grâce. Below you’ll find a table I’ve compiled giving a breakdown of the results. (Click to enlarge.) For comparison, the 2009 results can be found lower down. (Again, click to …

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