An excellent article. The Process State is a system of outdoor relief for the upper middle classes. (View Post)

I don’t think Ottoman rule is analogous to a hypothetical German occupation of the UK. Greece was a part of the Ottoman state from the 15th to the 19th centuries, and was recognised as such by other … (View Post)

The US constitution is what you would expect a group of classically-educated, slave-owning, aristocrats and professional people to devise, in 1776. The model they sought to reproduce was the Roman Re… (View Post)

Threads and Se7en are the two most disturbing films I’ve ever seen. (View Post)

I don’t blame Labour for cutting the WFP. And, a lot of nettles need to be grasped, like ending the triple lock, and putting the age for free prescriptions up to 70. This is just useless expenditure, (View Post)