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The Empire of the European Union
It’s going to be hard to avoid discussing Brexit and the EU for the next few days, until on 31 October Brexit doesn’t happen, and we remain in the EU until 31 January, after which time the can will be … Continue reading
Rereading The Dream Of Rome
With a Scottish court considering whether Boris can be sent to prison should he fail to seek a Brexit extension beyond 31 October, I’ve been wondering (like many others, including Nigel Farage) what Boris is going to do. It occurred … Continue reading
Europe: From Community to Union to Empire
Breitbart: Guy Verhofstadt, the European Parliament’s representative in the Brexit talks, was cheered at the Liberal Democrats party conference as he hailed the end of the age of nation-states, and a new “world order” of “empires”. “The world order of … Continue reading
The Rise and Fall of the EU Empire
There’s no escaping the topic of Brexit these days, here in Britain. BBC: Blocking Brexit could lead to a surge in far-right extremism in the UK, a senior cabinet minister has said. Transport Secretary Chris Grayling told the Daily Mail that not … Continue reading
The Deep State
A few days ago Donald Trump said he was pulling US forces out of Syria. Next day, pretty much, Syria’s Assad gassed a few dozen or few hundred people in Damascus, and a huge international outcry began, demanding that Assad … Continue reading
Cultural Fragility
Following on from yesterday’s Living In A Time Of Madness, I’ve been thinking how culturally fragile human civilisations are. I don’t mean this so much in the modern sense of sustainability (e.g. Peak Oil resource depletion), but rather how easily … Continue reading
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