I have recently started up reading more about right wing ideology and watching related YouTube clips because I am genuinely interested to learn not just the present political context but also the historic context that got us where we are. My research is a working progress and I do not […]
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BREXIT Woes – A Question of Colour?
There isn’t much for me to say about the following clip except this little nugget; It demonstrates in no uncertain terms how in post-BREXIT Britain racism has become a trend – a quite open/acceptable trend and the internal social & political fractures it’s costing the nation; not to mention values […]
Read MoreBREXIT Woes: Establishing BREXIT Context and Why Worker Strikes is the Wrong Answer (updated)
I recently came across this tweet below about BREXIT which establishes some context in terms of the cost of BREXIT as opposed to other deal options being pursued. The other part of this context in order to provide a fuller picture is that we should also consider the costs of […]
Read MoreA Social Model That’s Increasingly Becoming An Unsociable Model
Forget Trump, forget BREXIT, forget political meddling; one of the main problems that we face today is that we’ve grown comfortable living within isolated silos with people that share our value system/worldview based on similar experiences – and that’s a key term in this context. In other words we’ve become […]
Read MoreAn Interesting Article by Guy Verhofstadt but NOT without a Political Laymen’s Comments like Me
Right off the bat – as Americans say though I am no American but I like the catchphrase – Mr. Guy Verhofstadt MEP is someone I truly respect and admire for his values and his deep passion in defending the EU. I share that passion but unlike Mr Verhofstadt I […]
Read MoreBREXIT Fallacies In BREXIT Britain – The Special Relationship
A few days ago by complete coincidence I had a mature political exchange with some BREXITEERS on LinkedIn; I am as you know by the now a Remainder at heart as the new name used online; that’s an interesting twist from the original term Remainer. That said I certainly hope […]
Read MoreThe Surge in Religious Extremism – The Polish Experience
An incredible report by Eric Campbell ABC News focusing on the Polish version of the nationalist (or more accurately the alt-right extremist) challenge sweeping across Europe. For me it is absolutely shocking to see that how religious extremism that began infecting the Middle East since the early 60’s (then more […]
Read MoreMarket Crash 2008: Lessons Unlearned
Here is a brilliant documentary I came across recently and thought may be useful to share about the 2008 market crash. The reason I believe it is interesting to watch is because in many ways it pinpoints the birthdate of present day populism and extreme right politics. A conversation that […]
Read MoreA BREXIT Nugget: An Animated Political Rant by a Respected BBC Presenter; Andrew Marr
Here’s the BBC’s former political editor airing his personal views and dressing them up as political fact. Of course, Brexiteers will continue to claim ‘BBC left-wing bias’ but this reads more like a UKIP manifesto. pic.twitter.com/88VXBletsQ — DAVID PICKWORTH (@david_pickworth) April 21, 2019 Now I’ve been following Andrew Marr over […]
Read MoreBREXIT Fever: When Democracy Stalls You Should Expect a Crash
If there are any lessons learnt during the last few years it has to be this mentioned in the header. But then how do we define a Stall; while I am no political expert it doesn’t take a policy guru to say that when this governance model seizes to represent […]
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