Confirmation on Friday that the Government had formally told the EU that it would not extend the transition period beyond the end of 2020 was very welcome news. It has…
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Watching EU Brexit negotiator M. Barnier handle the press these days is neither an uplifting experience, nor is it an agreeable one. But it is, perhaps, an understandable one. Since…
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Orwell’s 1984. How police state Britain makes fact of fiction
by Andrew Mahonby Andrew MahonWe are presently witnessing the converging effects of three seminal achievements of the British government of 36 years ago. Taken together they point to a dystopian not-so-distant future the important…
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New technologies always amplify the power of information and, with it, the ability to confuse the public about the authenticity of the information they receive. One of the most insidious…
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Last week we saw the near full return of our elected representatives. However, it was far from a triumphant affair. We were treated to the spectacle of MPs standing in…
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The late Roger Scruton used to say that he had spent his entire career attempting to define what “conservatism” is, and that the attempts had been largely unsuccessful. He was…
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Yesterday was the 100th year anniversary of the Treaty of Trianon of 1920 that carved up the thousand-year old Kingdom of Hungary. As part of the “peace settlement” after World…
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Macedonians are heading to the polls. The official date is not set yet, but it is likely to be on July 5th. The date does not depend on our institutions,…