Monthly Archives: March 2019

It Never Ends

Posted on March 31, 2019 by the archivist

Seen here in passing: “The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.” – H. L. … Continue reading →

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What Happens Next?

Posted on March 30, 2019 by the archivist

What happens next? As far as I can make out, we’re now in a two-week limbo period of delay until 12 April. Both the government and Parliament are in deepening disarray. As far as I can see, the state of … Continue reading →

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Today Is Called Friday

Posted on March 29, 2019 by the archivist

Today is called Friday. Breitbart: The European Union has reportedly offered April Fools’ Day 2020 as a new Brexit date should Theresa May’s deal fail to succeed on a mooted third attempt to get it through Parliament, assuming Remain MPs … Continue reading →

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Delusions Of Grandeur

Posted on March 28, 2019 by the archivist

I bought an expensive book last year called Principles of Planetary Climate, by Raymond Pierrehumbert. It’s full of equations of the sort I need in constructing my ice age simulation model. But it’s also full of Pierrehumbert’s Big Questions – … Continue reading →

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Utopias and Dystopias

Posted on March 27, 2019 by the archivist

This what I think too: A poll by ComRes has revealed that a majority of voters believe Parliament is trying to stop the UK leaving the EU, the results coming after the Remain-dominated House of Commons succeeded in a power-grab … Continue reading →

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They’re All Bastards In Tobacco Control.

Posted on March 26, 2019 by the archivist

I’m still thinking about that report I mentioned yesterday: The last cigarette smoked in England will be put out in 2050 – and Bristol’s final smoker will quit in just five years, scientists claim If nothing else, this claim captures … Continue reading →

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Two Weird Reports

Posted on March 25, 2019 by the archivist

Weird report I saw yesterday: The last cigarette smoked in England will be put out in 2050 – and Bristol’s final smoker will quit in just five years, scientists claim Study commissioned by tobacco giant Philip Morris and conducted by … Continue reading →

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She’s Leaving Home

Posted on March 24, 2019 by the archivist

Whatever next? A full-scale Cabinet coup against Prime Minister Theresa May is now underway, according to insiders, with one senior minister claiming she will be “gone in ten days”. News that at least eleven members of the Cabinet plan on confronting the … Continue reading →

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Will A Remainer Parliament Overrule A Leaver People?

Posted on March 23, 2019 by the archivist

Will a Remainer Parliament overrule a Leaver People? Theresa May is considering giving MPs a vote on seven Brexit options, including revoking Article 50, over fears her Withdrawal Agreement with the European Union will not pass in the House of … Continue reading →

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The Re-Emergence of Traditional Values

Posted on March 22, 2019 by the archivist

How astonishing: A new populist, Eurosceptic party has achieved the remarkable feat of going from zero seats to becoming the largest single party in the Dutch Senate in a single election, as a young politician likened to a “Dutch Donald … Continue reading →

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