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The American Presidential election is getting uglier. I am not talking about the Democrats – not a single one of their candidates can be considered in any way attractive. No, I am referring to the Republicans. We will see, within the next few weeks, a falling-off of some of the …
Read More »Better Together: Uniting the Right is the Second Most Important Unification Programme of 2014.
What happened to the right? It used to be pragmatic and sensible. In America, the right held its nose and voted for firmly centrist but electable Dwight Eisenhower, Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford and George Bush, to keep out left wingers like Adlai Stevenson, George McGovern and Michael Dukakis. In Great …
Read More »Our Politicians in Gatsby’s World
The other night, while concluding watching the latest cinema version of The Great Gatsby (which by the way is slightly, but not overwhelmingly, above average) with my fiance, I remembered why my favourite fiction novel was The Great Gatsby. The story makes you think. Fitzgerald’s novel is filled with imperfect people, …
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