Showing posts with label democracy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label democracy. Show all posts
Friday, 19 September 2014

Guaranteeing Eternal Conservative Governments - One Victory is Not Enough to Satisfy Cameron

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I did wonder during the lead up to the Scottish independence referendum why Prime Minister David Cameron was campaigning so hard for Scotlan...
Friday, 5 November 2010

What If France Had Suffered a Coup in February 1934?

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My views on this topic can be found in my e-book ‘Other Roads: Alternate Outcomes of the Second World War’ It is available for purchase on...
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Friday, 14 May 2010

The Dark Days Return

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When Margaret Thatcher was kicked from office as prime minister by her own party in 1990, I really hoped that we would have seen the last of...
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Tuesday, 2 February 2010

Proportional Representation: Why Has It Taken So Long To Even Get This Close?

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I was interested to hear on the news as part of the pre-election campaign that the government is now scheduling a vote on whether the UK mov...
Monday, 23 November 2009

Undemocratic Appointments to the EU: No Surprise Given the Approach the UK Favoured

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It is bitterly ironic that now that the president of the EU and other 'ministers' or high representatives have been appointed for th...
Wednesday, 6 February 2008

The Death of 'Democratic' Capitalism

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Many people would argue that capitalist economies by definition are exploitative. That they rely on comparatively cheap labour to produce it...
Friday, 18 January 2008

Removing One 'Wrong' Does Not Automatically Put A 'Right' in its Place

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It is always interesting listening to apologists of something who know that general consensus about what they are saying will be hostile so ...