The Scramble for Asia
With Hong Kong’s mass protests in the news in recent weeks, it will probably come across to many as an isolated incident. This incident is perhaps reminiscent of other upheavals exhibited by many...
View ArticleThe Politics of Humiliation
What would you do if you had complete control of our Western societies? Ruling it with a healthy dose of pragmatism would probably be the best option. Sadly though, you and I will never have such an...
View ArticleSocietal Delusion and Historic Virtue Signaling
When observing the nature of societies, a main factor is the ‘mob’ (for want of a better word), and the ideological direction of thought that it is drifting. George Orwell’s overly used ‘war is peace,...
View ArticleCinema & The Narrative Game
The film director Martin Scorsese recently criticized movies based on comic books, saying they are ‘not cinema’. His point is undeniable, in that there is a clear difference between creating mainstream...
View ArticleBritain and the Great Shift
In the year 2009 Brexiteers, after 15 years of unsuccessful campaigning, discovered the topic of immigration. It might seem farcical now to think that Brexiteers, faced with unlimited immigration from...
View ArticleSpirituality as a Necessary Mechanism of Society
In Adam Zamoyski’s highly acclaimed biography of Napoleon, one of the standout topics of interest for me was the Emperor’s views on spirituality and religion. A particularly striking sentence in the...
View ArticleNational Debt and the Technocrats
After the Napoleonic Wars, Britain had acquired a large national debt that was 225% of GDP. Britain also incurred an additional layer of debt to pay off slavers when their trade was abolished – which...
View ArticleThe Plague and Human Stupidity
By now, it is obvious to those who follow the news even in the smallest regard, that the Coronavirus Pandemic is a major international crisis. As of writing this, over 500,000 people have been infected...
View ArticleThe trouble with Turkey
Sandwiched between the West and the Middle East, Turkey is both an ally and irritant to those tied to it. It is a member of NATO, yet it continuously flouts NATO’S geopolitical strategy by purchasing...
View ArticleA warning from Norman Sicily
Having recently finished John Julius Norwich’s two volume history of Norman Sicily, The Normans in the South and The Kingdom in the Sun, I was particularly intrigued by some of the information that I...
View ArticleThe Wrong Messengers for the Right Subjects
If there’s one aspect of modern politics that is genuinely frustrating, it is that the Left has dominated many causes which would have been handled in a more productive and realistic fashion by the...
View ArticleNo Low Hanging Fruit
The 1980s saw the emergence of a new radically social movement in a few inner city councils in England. These councils, which were regarded as a laughing stock by both the right and the establishment...
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