I spent the day in London today instead of visiting a bird reserve. The Royal Academy was our initial destination, to meet our elder son.
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One in five people in Germany who voted in today’s election voted for an openly fascist party that has sought to deny the significance of
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I am sorry to go on about defence again, but this blog is, if it is anything, a long-term train of thought, and right now,
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Trump is trying to break government, the USA, world peace and much more. We could despair, or we could, as happened in WW2, plan for
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I think it’s time to admit to something. I am finding quite a lot of things about blogging and posting videos quite hard at present.
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This is very troubling from Politico Europe: BRUSSELS — A rule forcing companies to measure and report the environmental damage they cause is at risk
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First, there was Musk doing a fascist salute. And the right tried to say to everyone who saw it for exactly what it was that
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This one definitely needs a language warning:

Lord Keynes told us in 1941 how to pay for defence. We should follow his advice. The last people who should pay for it are
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