Friday, 28 September 2018

The Munich crisis eightieth anniversary this weekend

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This post first appeared on the Radix blog... Here’s the main point: this weekend marks the eightieth anniversary of the Munich crisis, ...
Tuesday, 25 September 2018

Honouring the older generation in the age of #MeToo

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This post first appeared on the Radix blog... Over the next week or so, we are likely to see the next round in the Washington struggle bet...
Thursday, 20 September 2018

Socialists naive about power, Liberals naive about money

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This post first appeared on the Radix blog... Socialists are naïve about power; Liberals are naïve about money. That is the rule of thumb ...
Tuesday, 4 September 2018

Time to be a little more ambitious

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This post first appeared on the Radx site... I watched the recent film  Their Finest last weekend, with Bill Nighy and my favourite actre...
Friday, 31 August 2018

The view from Hadrian's Wall - holding off the intolerants

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This post first appeared on the Radix blog... I am currently walking along Hadrian’s Wall with my family, and very exhausting it is (i...
Wednesday, 15 August 2018

Boris and the new politically-correct liberalism

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This post was first published on the Radix blog... Heaven knows, I am no supporter of Boris Johnson, but I wonder whether there may be iss...
Tuesday, 7 August 2018

The degradation of UK public services

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A version of this blog first appeared on the New Weather blog: Yes, it is hot. The heat has also added a layer of what I can only descri...