Saturday, 4 October 2014

A good man murdered by ISIS. And the consequences we have to resist.

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Some weeks ago, the BBC interviewed several Manchester taxi drivers, about their former colleague Alan Henning, the latest victim of the IS...
Thursday, 2 October 2014

A tribute to outstanding thinkers. From another.

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“In Our Time” is back on air on BBC Radio 4, after the summer break. I particularly enjoyed the fact that the season opened with a programm...
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Tuesday, 30 September 2014

It just takes a little patience, and a bit more money

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A homeowner with a leaking roof called in a man who claimed to be a roofer. “Ah,” said the roofer, “it’ll cost a lot and it’ll take at lea...
Sunday, 28 September 2014

Great to see the Tories suffering, but sad it should be by UKIP lying to and ripping off more voters

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The discomfiture of the Tory Party would normally give me a pleasant surge of Schadenfreude, so I ought to be glad that the start of its co...
Saturday, 27 September 2014

In praise of praise for a place called home. However flat.

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A journalist doing a piece about a village lost in the back of beyond is said to have interviewed, amongst others, the oldest inhabitant. ...
Thursday, 25 September 2014

Beefing about nationalism

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“All meat sold in this store,” said the sign, “is British.” That had me smiling wryly. Because I lived in France for ten years and out th...
Tuesday, 23 September 2014

An example to us all: Tesco and the Holy Grail of private sector management skills

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I’ve been accused by some of not being sufficiently enthusiastic about the great, internationally recognised truth, that they do things bet...