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Category Archives: Politics
Poking the bear II
After a pause, Brexit came back again. If you don’t know Tim Martin, he owns the company Wetherspoons. If you don’t know that, this is a famously cheap, slightly nasty pub chain on virtually every high street. They buy up … Continue reading
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Poking the bear I
Sometimes horrible things come along, then they seem to disappear for a while and you forget. You think it’s over. Then someone pokes the bear, and it all rises up again and it seems even worse than you remembered. I … Continue reading
It’s a great dane
In the 1960s and 70s I became a little interested in politics. I thought Edward Heath and George Brown were the old fuddy duddy type of politician, but liked Harold Wilson (he gave the Beatles MBEs after all). I also … Continue reading
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