Am I a tourist?
My immediate reaction to that question is “certainly not” or at least “I hope not”. I had to search online for a definition of the word...
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Michael Carberry
- 12 min
Immigration: we need to stop the racist rhetoric.
The article by my fellow contributor, Lynda Goetz, in last month’s Only Connect, entitled "We MUST reduce immigration...
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Stoker
- 5 min
Straw Houses - will Angela succeed where so many have failed before her?
Modern housing has finally caught up with the Three Little Pigs; by the wonders of modern technology you can have your new mass-produced...
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Richard Pooley
- 5 min
Spare me the Organ Recital
Deep breath. I’m about to offend what few friends I have left. I have recently made a new entry into my list of conversational pet hates...
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Richard Pooley
- 9 min
“The most successful campaign in British political history”*?
Crying and yawning are infectious. We Liberal Democrats in the vast hall at the Bath & West showground in Somerset were doing both at...
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Lynda Goetz
- 7 min
We MUST reduce immigration... and focus on integration.
“My grandfather was Hungarian”. Not such a loaded statement as, “My father was a toolmaker”, and although I may have said it before...
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Stoker
- 5 min
The Madness of Crowds
The late Queen of the United Kingdom – not just England, please – was a mistress of the perceptive remark. One reliably attributed to...
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Eric Boa
- 6 min
The Perils of Trying to be Funny
My father offered me sage advice before my one, and so far only, visit to China. “Don’t tell too many jokes”. This was way back in 1985...
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Michael Carberry
- 8 min
What’s in a word? Antisemitism
The tragic events in Gaza since the barbaric attacks by Hamas terrorists on October 7th last year have again brought the issue of antisemiti
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Dr. Mark Nicholson
- 6 min
What goes up must come down: why global rainfall is increasing
Kenya, Brazil, Afghanistan, even the United Arab Emirates, are just four countries to have suffered serious flooding over the last few...
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