Paranoid Britain – be vigilant citizen!

March 30, 2009 – 19:46

That’s it citizen, keep an eye on your neighbour citizen. Tell us citizen, and we’ll look after you.
Says our friends over at the British Transport Police. Apparently they want everyone in the country to be a boiling pot of paranoia and distrust. They’re festering a nation of narrow-eyed minions hell-bent on getting one over [...]

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Jacqui Smith, Home Secretary – why I’m TERRORfied

March 29, 2009 – 17:20

Yes, that’s a deliberate misspelling – a pun perhaps – of terrified; a reference to the excuse Mrs Smith, our most loyal home secretary gives for bringing sweeping new laws that pretty much solidify the UK as an authoritarian state. God bless her. This post is an attempt at putting down my thoughts and concerns [...]

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Dear America, Please do the Right Thing

November 4, 2008 – 09:07

Dear America,
It’s  0901 GMT on the 4th of November 2008. I sit here with a copy of The Independent newspaper; its headline “America Votes”. I write this in anticipation that the majority of US voters will elect the most promising and insightful presidential candidate in decades – Barack Obama.
As a British national, therefore an ‘ally’ [...]

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So in America, your vote means nothing?

October 28, 2008 – 08:49

As many are, I’m captivated by this term’s US election. It’s one of the many subjects that catch my eye when browsing reddit and the like. Whilst attempting to not to be too ignorant I’ve been lightly researching the concepts that make up the electoral stage that make up votes in the US. One thing [...]

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