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The Books I Read In 2024
It's been a better year for me in terms of my reading habits, having gotten through 17 books in 2024 (as opposed to 8 in 2023). The...
Jan 122 min read


The Books I Read in 2021
As with 2020, I set out to try and read a good number of books in 2021. Due to the business of life, I didn't reach what I have...
Jan 8, 20222 min read


A Good Pandemic for Xi
It’s early December 2019. The UK is heading into a major General Election that will determine the outcome of Brexit, whilst in France...
Feb 2, 20213 min read


The Books I Read in 2020
At the beginning of 2020 I set myself the challenge of reading a book every week of the year (this would be 52 books in total!). As is...
Jan 1, 20213 min read


One Man, One Vote – Just Not In One Of The World’s Oldest Democracies
If one thing can be illustrated from the current parliamentary impasse over Brexit it is that the UK has a fundamentally broken political...
Apr 24, 20193 min read


The Twilight Zone of the Brexit Withdrawal Agreement
The last 10 days or so have been a fascinating time for British politics. Resignations, speeches, interviews, political coups, counter...
Nov 23, 20184 min read


We Are In The Top 1% - So Lets Start Looking At Ourselves
The majority of people reading this are in the top 1% of income earners globally. We are the top 1%, so let us start looking to ourselves...
Jun 6, 20182 min read


A Society Enslaved To Conformity
“Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth”, so said US President John F. Kennedy, two years before his death. Over 50...
Feb 13, 20182 min read


The "Treasonable Conduct" Of 37 Years
Yesterday Zimbabwe's ruling ZANU-PF party described the head of Zimbabwe's National Army, General Constantino Chiwenga, as carrying out...
Nov 15, 20172 min read


Democracy In The UK Is Broken... Its Time To Fix It
After the recent Electoral Reform Society's report that 6.5million people voted tactically in the last election rather than for who they...
Aug 24, 20174 min read
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