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Thatcher, Scotland, Religion and Me 1

It seems confusing when I think about it now, though the facts still seem easier to pen; writing them down at that time would have been scorned by my father and brother anyway. But didn’t they see the contradictions in … Continue reading

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Clegg strikes a braver pose, but it’s just a pose

risking political unpopularity, but he has nothing to lose any more anyway. Nick Clegg said today about Margaret Thatcher’s statement “There is no society”: “I never for a second thought that she was being cynical or that she was striking … Continue reading

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Is it sexist to dislike Margaret Thatcher?

Yes! Unless we show similar dislike to George Osborne, David Cameron and Ian Duncan Smith. Whilst on Facebook yesterday, after the real and unmistakeable death of the Wicked Witch of Westminster, one of my American FB friends asked me whether … Continue reading

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Why can’t legal persons be crucified? Example. DHL

And if they could, would we be violating their rights or promoting everyone else’s by doing so? God, I hate legal personhood. How would it be to just nail Daimler AG onto its own Star, strangle McDonald with its own … Continue reading

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Meditation: nothing to lose in toulouse

George Szirtes’s choice of photograph (on his blog) for Mohammed Merah emphasizes the youthful naivety of the 23-year-old killer. With the absence of all background the expression has an innocent senselessness about it. More about this in the main article … Continue reading

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