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Selling to the highest bidder

Posted on 14/04/2017 by stewculbard

He is the Member of Parliament for Tatton, Cheshire. He was the Chancellor of the Exchequer in the Conservative government of David Cameron and, as such, was the architect of the debilitating austerity measures imposed on low income British families … Continue reading →

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A wrong answer to a valid question

Posted on 13/02/2017 by stewculbard

It was the afternoon of Monday, 13th June, 1955. I sat on a suitcase on the quayside at Princes Pier, Port Melbourne, as, with my family and other immigrants from the UK, I waited for a bus to take us to the … Continue reading →

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Playing long and loose with people’s land and lives

Posted on 01/02/2017 by stewculbard

On April 2, 1982, Argentine forces launched the invasion of the Falkland Islands, beginning the Falklands War. There was a resounding condemnation of the Argentinian invasion of the Falklands by British politicians and press alike. The Falkland Islands was British … Continue reading →

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Heaping insult on injury

Posted on 12/01/2017 by stewculbard

In this, the first article for the New Year 2017, I wish to return to an issue that first appeared in this blog in the early part of 2015. At that time two articles, (“Caught in a trap”, 03.03.2015, and … Continue reading →

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The politics of identity

Posted on 06/12/2016 by stewculbard

In his book, Chavs: The Demonization of the Working Class, the left-wing author Owen Jones says: “Of course, the struggles for the emancipation of women, gays, and ethnic minorities are exceptionally important causes. New Labour has co-opted them, passing genuinely … Continue reading →

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A road to be travelled

Posted on 21/11/2016 by stewculbard

Cryogenics is that branch of physics and engineering that involves the study of very low temperatures, how to produce them, and how materials behave at those temperatures. When cryopreservation is applied to human being it is known as cryonics. Recently, … Continue reading →

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The winds of change

Posted on 12/11/2016 by stewculbard

“They arrive suddenly and inexplicably. …the media go into meltdown, …scientists study their behaviour, trying to make sense of it. The question on everybody’s mind is: do they come in peace, or is their plan to crush the world like … Continue reading →

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Brexit: Part 2 – Out of step

Posted on 23/10/2016 by stewculbard

Nigel Farage is the former and currently default leader of the UK Independence Party who, as a British Member of the European Parliament (MEP), had for many years campaigned for the United Kingdom to leave the European Union (Brexit). His … Continue reading →

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Brexit: Part 1 – A step too far

Posted on 26/09/2016 by stewculbard

On the morning of June 24th, 2016, the citizens of the UK awoke to the realization that the United Kingdom had voted to leave the European Union. This process was commonly referred to as Brexit. In the three months since … Continue reading →

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To uphold, not to pander

Posted on 25/08/2016 by stewculbard

The TV camera followed the descent of the gold-nosed Boeing 747 as it came in for a touchdown at Heathrow Airport. On board the plane were 326 members of the British Olympics team, returning in triumph from Rio de Janeiro, … Continue reading →

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