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Richard North -
24 April 2024
Ostensibly, this is a post about defence but, actually, it isn’t. This is politics at its worst – the news that Sunak has announced on a visit to Poland (pictured) that he would put Britain’s defence industry “on a war footing”, while “unveiled” a commitment to £75 billion in new funding that will take the… View Article ...Read full story
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Richard North -
23 April 2024
So, it’s back to work after the riotous 20-year anniversary celebrations (not) and, with a busy news agenda, there’s a lot going on that needs looking at. But, as always, what may turn out to be some of the most crucial issues of the moment are not being reported by the legacy media. No more… View Article ...Read full story
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Richard North -
22 April 2024
Unlike a jail sentence, there is no time off for good behaviour when publishing a blog. The sentence is indeterminate, although self-determined. One stops when one can no longer continue or when there is no longer any value in so doing, and the will to continue evaporates. I can’t say that any of those conditions… View Article ...Read full story
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Richard North -
21 April 2024
Significantly – in my mind at least – the main point of my blogpost yesterday seems to have been missed (or ignored) by the bulk of the readers who commented on the piece. For, although the adventures of the splendid Mr Falter provided a splendid example of the thesis I was advancing, they were indeed… View Article ...Read full story
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Richard North -
20 April 2024
As an indication of how the social media have taken over much of the role of front-line social commentary, one only has to look at a video clip released on Twitter by the Campaign Against Antisemitism (CAA), and the subsequent furore. The clip, released on 18 April, showed a young Jewish man, Gideon Falter –… View Article ...Read full story
