Saturday, October 05, 2019

"It's time for votes at 16" - Labour Party (UK) - oh, really?

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The latest Labour Party proposal is to add 1.5 million 16- and 17-year-olds to the British electorate, presumably gambling that they are mor...
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Friday, October 04, 2019

FRIDAY MUSIC: Frank Zappa, by JD

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Watching the Proms this year they featured something written 100 years ago which was dire, it was very loud and percussive and tiresome. The...
Tuesday, October 01, 2019

Brexit and the Remain backlash: the reactionary use of language

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"ELITE" vs "POPULISM" Look at the use of these two terms - as they appeared in UK news - and note how the word ...
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Monday, September 30, 2019

Child abuse: breaking the chain

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When I worked with Looked After Children there was a saying - apparently an old saw in this field: "All abusers have been abused, but n...
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Friday, September 27, 2019

FRIDAY MUSIC: Ian Anderson, by JD

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By RicHard-59 - Own work , CC BY-SA 3.0 , Link In the late sixties and early seventies pop groups become more and more hirsute. A...
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Wednesday, September 25, 2019

Brexit: Patriot Games

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"He has put himself at the service of Britain. By proroguing Parliament he has appealed to democracy. He remains virtually the only dic...
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Tuesday, September 24, 2019

Climate crisis? by JD

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At the weekend the Mail Online had a headline about Greta Thunberg receiving a 'rock star' reception at the UN. Today (monday 23rd)...
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