Tag: Election
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Call me Cynical, But…
Each sling (or arrow if choice preferred) of outrageous fortune brings different reactions from different people. Some will be impoverished by it, many will seek to reverse it, and some will see it as an opportunity to make money. This is human nature, and in many ways it is to be applauded; after all, […]
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Do I Vote?
Do I vote on Thursday? Here in the UK, I’m supposed to do my meagre part in electing a Member of the European Parliament, yet I know very little about the running or conduct of that institution. In this, I am not alone. This is anecdotal, but I am prepared to bet only a very […]
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Nowhere Lane – Chapter Twenty-Nine. Home Affairs
One foggy winter evening early in the year 1970, a few weeks before Patrick Hallcroft and Jacqui Greenway were due to marry, the smoky intimacy of a private room at ‘Ricco’s’, a gentlemen’s club in London’s Mayfair hosted an informal gathering of three men: Sir Robert Burford, a senior member of the Conservative Party Executive, […]