Monthly Archives: December 2018

…Politics by other means

Posted on 16 December 2018 by A Gentleman's Rapier

War is the continuation of politics by other means. – Carl von Clausewitz Will Podmore provides some disturbing reading over at The Blue Anchor about our government’s collusion in bringing the UK into ever closer EU military unification. The key … Continue reading →

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Our Children…or Theirs?

Posted on 12 December 2018 by A Gentleman's Rapier

Around the time of the Referendum, I was chatting, as I normally do, with a couple of the people from the street market stalls that I frequent for lunch. The subject was, of course, the Referendum. There was, amongst them, … Continue reading →

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Statement of Intent (for my 50th year on this planet…)

Posted on 8 December 2018 by A Gentleman's Rapier

I turned 49 a couple of weeks ago. In the lead-up to my birthday, I went through my normal, almost unconscious annual navel-gazing process which has varied little over the past few years. I moped a bit. I compared my … Continue reading →

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Fuck All Y’All…

Posted on 6 December 2018 by A Gentleman's Rapier

I am not a xenophobe. I can speak at least four other languages (Portuguese, Spanish, French, German) enough to get by after a week or two of immersion, and I can stretch to a fifth (Italian) after about two weeks. … Continue reading →

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