Refugee Problem

Refugees arriving in the EU is news and provokes controversy. It even featured here in the post The Irish Madonna of Hungary. It raises a number of questions.

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The Sun Ain’t Gonna Shine Anymore

It was Gordon Brown, I think, who said that the time to fix the roof is when the sun’s shining. What a load of cobblers politicians, who have usually never done a day’s work in their lives, talk.

Lucky Strike

Napoleon would approve of David Cameron – he’s lucky, and nowhere more so than over fracking.

Democracy Kills

Having written enthusiastically about democracy – Norwegian style –  I remembered Democracy Kills 

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Democracy

The Norwegian parliament is called the Storting. Until 2009 there were two chambers but they came to the conclusion that the second chamber was just rubber-stamping legislation so they agreed to abolish it.

Lazy Sunday

How do you feel about Jeremy Corbyn wanting to nationalise the railways? If you’re old enough to remember British Rail you’re probably close to apoplexy.

Serious Money

An American reader puts down his copy of The Razor’s Edge by Somerset Maugham and, after taking  a sip or two from a glass of Riesling, writes to remind me