The Dukes of the North
A few weeks ago, I went down a rabbit hole of researching my local duke and his family. And I started noticing a pattern. they would regularly have to inherit in ways other than father to son. Today, I will be cataloguing the story.....of the Duchy of Northumberland.
Marching Sheepishly: How the British wool industry helped the French to win the War of the First Coalition
They wore this wool at Lodi, at Milan, at Mantua, and at Arcole. It would have been difficult to persuade these soldiers to go into battle without uniforms, and as such it is perfectly reasonable to make the claim that without British wool, France would never have won the War of the First Coalition.
6 min read
22/04/2023
Why did Britain oppose the French Revolution?
This may seem an odd question with the gift of hindsight. When the French Revolution exploded into an international crisis, no country fought harder to suppress France than Great Britain (United Kingdom from 1801). Britain would not only act as financiers against the French Revolution, funding the multiple coalition wars, but the British Empire would also play an important military role both on land and at sea. It may come across as odd, perhaps, to ask why Britain would be opposed to the French Revolution.
9 min read
15/04/2023
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The Problem with Regulation
There is a cross-cultural discussion regarding the regulatory regimes put into force by the State, as they embody a sort of panacea to solve an assortment of ills which plague society. These discussions have been happening for years, however most people have a shallow understanding of the effects of regulation. In theory, regulation is supposed to bring about more social security, protect the natural environment, and the physical safety of human beings (and sometimes animals). In this I will discuss the actual complications which arise within any regulatory regime which are usually ignored in favour of alternative but illogical explanations. First, we will discuss the basic philosophy which underlies all regulation.
25 min read
31/10/2021
On Political Cults
I have first-hand experience of seeing a cult in operation. I was never a member, but I was close enough to it to witness how a group of young people who all shared a hobby ended up being part of a genuine cult, with its own Svengali like figure and adopting an apocalyptic vision for the future. I witnessed friends suddenly drop out of their studies, become distant from their families and, on one occasion, watched an initiation ceremony take place from a distance and all because of one man, who claimed to have had great wisdom and “insider knowledge” and who gathered enough people around him to make his cult happen.
8 min read
29/10/2021
The Unjust Right to Ignore the Block Button
As everyone should know by now, social media is the number one place for people to have their ego’s fed, especially for those who espouse ‘high-status’ opinions on Twitter. Examples of this includes: journalists posting about how Boris Johnson is not pandering to them enough, Labour MP’s claiming the well known history of Africa is hidden, or Tankie’s with small accounts showing how well known business practises are evil and unique to capitalism. These posts exemplify ‘high-status’ opinions: generally left-wing, anti-British/West and anti-capitalist in nature. These are the types of things you see regularly on the twitter trending tab. ‘Low-status’ opinions, such as right-wing, pro-British/West and pro-capitalist, rarely make it to the trending tab.
4 min read
19/10/2021
A Wasted Opportunity
In the same week that an academic from the University of Sussex is targeted by a toxic mob of activists, the Brighton & Hove bin strike has again started. The two-week strike across much of the city will be a visual and odorous horror show, likely to elicit a strong sense of disgust from human residents. Animals and pets may enjoy the change, however rotting food and rubbish will soon end up harming them as it did during the previous bin strike.
3 min read
14/10/2021
The History of My Local Community and How to Improve Yours
It has come to my attention that people on internet communities tend to be full of people desperate for communities that are a bit more local. This is perfectly natural as humans are social creatures needing constant communication and physical contact. However, what a local community looks and acts like is all so romanticised it is hard for someone who has been active in his local community to take seriously. So luckily I am here to tell you of my experience getting involved in my local community and the town’s history.
7 min read
08/10/2021
The Death of the English Right to Bear Arms
In the 21st century United Kingdom, we are used to the government running things. It’s simple: we pay our taxes and keep our heads down and they do what is best for us. Naturally, as a result, we trust them completely with our personal protection and the protection of our property.
14 min read
08/10/2021
You Will Own Nothing and Play Rollerball
A few years ago I wrote an article about the 1975 science fiction movie, “Rollerball”, on my own website explaining why I thought it was the best movie about sports ever made. My argument was that it avoided two things that have made sporting movies cliched: One was that in other sports movies the actors can’t play the sport and the real-life sportsmen and women can’t act. As “Rollerball” is a fictional sport we have no real-world examples to compare with what we see on screen so the viewer can’t be taken out of the movie by spotting the faults in the sporting action.
14 min read
04/10/2021
Conservative Party Conference - Welfare
Enoch Powell is, to many, a divisive character. For good or for ill, his name has become synonymous with a single speech - The Birmingham Speech - which was delivered on 20 April 1968 to a meeting of the Conservative Political Centre in Birmingham, United Kingdom. What is less known about Powell by modern audiences is that he was a prolific speaker and is regarded as one of the best British orators of the 20th century. His deliberative and emotive style was famously employed, on a number of occasions, in the Commons itself over his long tenure as MP for Wolverhampton and later South Down. Speeches on the Hola camp brutality and his proposal of a law prohibiting research on embryos are fine exemplars of his broad and extensive catalogue, oft forgotten in favour of the infamous 'Rivers of Blood'.
24 min read
02/10/2021
A Deep Dive on the HGV Driver Shortage
The Road Haulage Association (RHA) wrote to Boris Johnson in June warning about a 100k driver shortage. The 100k figure came from the Labour Force Survey, a copy of which can be found at the Office of National Statistics. Let's take a look.
7 min read
01/10/2021
From Afghanistan to Taliban (And Where We Go From Here)
“These are difficult and testing times for us all. People are bound to be concerned about what the terrorists may seek to do in response. I should say there is at present no specific credible threat to the United Kingdom that we know of and that we have in place tried and tested contingency plans which are the best possible response to any further attempts at terror. This is a moment of utmost gravity for the world. None of the leaders involved in this action want war. None of our nations want it. We are peaceful people. But we know that sometimes to safeguard peace, we have to fight. Britain has learnt that lesson many times in our history. We only do it if the cause is just. This cause is just.”
10 min read
20/09/2021
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