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Random Notes - Idle ThoughtsMad As Hell
Over the last 8 weeks I've been making notes on why people are arcing up against the political class. I thought it might have been just me but it seems not. It’s very much the universal Trump Middle America and most recently Brexit phenomenon sweeping the Western...
It’s Morning In Mackellar
Brexit: vote is an escape from EU’s politically correct fanaticism
Brexit’s iconic image was rock star Bob Geldof on a pleasure cruiser with EU elites sticking two fingers up at a fishermen’s rally for Brexit.
It’s Morning In Mackellar
What Thinking Australians Are Thinking
Brexit has demonstrated to the elites that democracy is far too dangerous to leave in the hands of the people. David Meredith, Singleton, NSW The people of Britain have certainly spoken in favour of democracy. The only thing of concern is that 48 per cent of the...
Ya gotta laugh. They can’t even organise a legit petition
41,118 signatories have come from Vatican City, 11,717 from the United States, and curiously, 24,855 from North Korea. At least 19,000 signatures have come from France, and 2,735 from British Antarctic Territory, which has a population of just 250 people
Slam Dunk–Brexit and Multiculturalism
Nearly half-century ago Enoch Powell, a Conservative MP and a member of the shadow cabinet led by Edward Heath, spoke out on the perils of open immigration that came to be known as the “Rivers of Blood” speech.
At a Conservative Party gathering in Birmingham on April 20, 1968, Powell warned how unrestricted immigration was inexorably and unalterably changing the nature of British society. What is mostly remembered of Powell’s speech is what was at the time considered inflammatory
Yes Minister—-The Euro Sausage
https://youtu.be/YpipqJNFDOQ It took a long time, decades, and although presented as comedy, it was this kind of micro and intrusive regulation by the bureaucrats of Brussels that turned the British against the EU.
Why Britain Joined The EU The Yes Minister Version
https://youtu.be/37iHSwA1SwE Yes Minister summed it up 35 years ago.
Independence Day
For this Independent running on Saturday in Mackellar and the Brexit break out, I think the hook line of this song, Independence Day from the 90's by Martina McBride captures the 2016 zeitgeist. I used to play the entire song and particularly this uplifting audio...