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The title is ironic and may be partly true of course as many oft-repeated statements are. The most obvious riposte in defence of small-time Italian and Greek entrepreneurs is...
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I sometimes enjoy Peter Hitchens’ antidote to mainstream trendy Neo-Liberal thinking, but fear he is on some subjects in bad company and a tad ill-informed. No rational person could...
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Many on the left in the UK and elsewhere are celebrating George Galloway's resounding victory in the last Thursday's Bradford West by-election. With a turnout of just over 50%, the...
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If you want to get away from the adverse effects of mass consumerism, extreme concentration of wealth, social unease and poverty, Cuba is an intriguing destination. Like in many countries...
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Here are just a few strategies you can adopt when confronted with troublesome individuals who insist on expressing politically incorrect opinions that cannot be refuted by facts alone.Suggest...
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What a coincidence! Just days after the US administration agreed to raise their country's debt ceiling and let the global consumption party go on for a few more months or maybe years, In...
Recent Disqus Posts
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Rents so high, because your newLab and ConDem friends (preaching antiracism and global love) are addicted to growth at all costs. If London's economy were deflated, it would be bad for...
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You don't have to convince me Scottish Labour/Tories/LibDem are corrupt, but are the SNP any different?I'm just sad to see so much waste and despair in Scotland and subsidising big pharma...
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Games like Call of Duty do not teach self-defence, but do desensitise addicted players to violence by turning it into a form of entertainment. I'm sorry but no sane person should enjoy re-...
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The total benefits and pensions expenditure in 2009 was £188 billion of which 78 billion for pensions and 34 billion for subsidised procreation (11 billion for single parents). As we hit...
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While I shed no tears for the loss of the mainstream parties and have often seen George Galloway at antiwar marches, he is far from green or libertarian.His opportunist support for large...
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Good news. This will knock some sense into advocates of consumption- and immigration-led growth.Let's aim to shrink the economy by 2% a year, cut child benefit beyond 2 kids, retrain home-...