Saturday, 19 May 2012

Bono, Facebook And The Envy Of The Mogg

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It was Socrates who said ὁ φθόνος ἕλκος τῆς ψυχῆς* and as with so many ideas gifted us by that great thinker, his words are as pertine...
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Tuesday, 6 March 2012

A Downton Economy: Why we should subsidise great houses not tax them.

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A Stately Home Economy 'Vince' Cable has upset many this week by suggesting that in place of a fifty pence top rate tax, the ...
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Thursday, 23 February 2012

Floccinaucinihilipilification.

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One has rather depressingly hit the headlines once more for all the wrong reasons. During Tuesday's invigorating debate on the remuner...
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Wednesday, 15 February 2012

What happened at Bideford and the allure of silence

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The parliamentary recess is with us once more, affording me the opportunity to experience an increasingly rare delight. For as one goes a...
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Sunday, 5 February 2012

World Wide Mogg Blog: How The Failure Of McCarthyism Turned Cbeebies Red...

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World Wide Mogg Blog: How The Failure Of McCarthyism Turned Cbeebies Red... : When I was what is now fashionably termed a 'young adolesc...
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Tuesday, 31 January 2012

How The Failure Of McCarthyism Turned Cbeebies Red

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When I was what is now fashionably termed a 'young adolescent', my parents decided that I was not watching enough television. In fa...
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Thursday, 19 January 2012

Time Bandits, The Royal Yacht and the Ugly Face of 'Tory Bashing'

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How the Great Western Stole Somerset Standard Time On the 15th of September 1830 the inaugural service of the Liverpool and Manchester...