Category: Politics

Gossip makes the best history

I’m reminded of this fact by Christina’s frequent anecdotes which round up all sorts of facts of every imaginable kind. Christina, you’re the Herodotus of the modern age! A strange comparison you may think, but akshully (thanks, Furry) the father of European history displayed an encyclopedic memory for both the valuable and the trivial, be it politics, geography, family life, war or mythology. He called it his ‘enquiry’, a record of his travels around the known world in the middle of the 5th century BC. “Ἡροδότου Ἁλικαρνησσέος ἱστορίης ἀπόδεξις ἥδε” – “This is a presentation of the enquiry of Herodotus of Halicarnassos”.

Closing time in Iran

The game of bluff adopted by President Saddam Hussein of Iraq to confuse nuclear weapons inspectors of Iraq’s nuclear capability didn’t work. The toppled and deceased Hussein brought invasion on his land and no weapons were found; the dictator was playing with an empty hand. It begs the question, what game is Iran playing at? Are they also full of bluster or more sinisterly have they an ace up their sleeve?

Secret papers smuggled out of the Islamic Republic of Iran by a dissident scientist reveals the truth behind Iran’s nuclear program. Continue reading “Closing time in Iran”

Any more for the roundabout?

Totally non contentious post. No other mention of Norway, Roma or cricket.

I did watch some of the Republican National Convention last night, I thought for a moment I had stumbled on “America’s got talent” by mistake. The last man to think that the Presidential election is NOT a popularity contest was Richard Nixon and look what happened to him.

We have four entries for the poetry comp. (from three regular contributors) nothing yet from the Dream Team, but there are a full twelve hours left to enter (even allowing a full thirty minutes for uploading and formatting).

All aboard!

The House

Disrepair: MPs and peers would be evacuated from the Palace of Westminster for the first time since World War Two

 

 

 

 

 

 

The trouble is, it’s falling down – I was wondering about a play on ‘house of cards’ but while the inmates get regularly shuffled, they are nothing to laff at. This is serious stuff; they’re even talking about moving Parliament and all its works out of town! Which got me thinking. What an opportunity to get something right – a first for them and a welcome successor to the Jubilee and London 2012!

Pugh on Parliament's refurbishment

Continue reading “The House”