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Crying Hitler

Hate not Hope

The latest report from The Ministry of Approved Opinions, Hope Not Hate The State of Hate 2025: Reform rising and racist riots, is out. The pdf version is free to download. I urge you not to buy the hard copy, which will help fund Hope not Hate; alas, it will only encourage them. My first

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Korean women

Plastic Paradise?

I have never managed to connect with South Korea despite several visits. I suppose that the fact these have all been business visits and mostly in winter when it is cold almost beyond belief has not helped. Also, I have only been to Seoul which is a huge traffic-jammed place. I don’t like Korean food,

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Zelensky

Tough-Talking Keir

A former British Army Chief of Staff was interviewed on the BBC Radio 4 Today programme last week, about the woeful state of the British Armed Forces. He said that when he commanded a battle group – of which there were several at that time – he had more men and more firepower at his

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The Royal Navy

Let Us Remember Without Shame

We British are known for our propensity to apologise. Even when we need not, many of us do. However, our excessive concern for others’ feelings has reached a new low (or should that be high?). The latest Astute Class Submarine was set to be called HMS Agincourt after Henry V’s famous victory over the French

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David Lammy

A Queasy, Spineless Silence

On 17 July 1812, a small force of British troops led by the audacious Captain Charles Roberts and supported by white and indigenous Canadian militia, launched a surprise attack on Fort Mackinac. Men of the Royal Artillery dragged a six-pounder cannon to the ridge above the fort and fired a single round before demanding the

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