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The Egregious Fascist Fat-Cats

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‘Egregious’ is such a delicious word. It’s the sort of word you want to roll around your mouth like a fine wine. It means ‘outstandingly

The unkindest cut

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Every culture has its proud traditions, most dating back to a time few can remember. My own culture likes to open a parliamentary session by

What we need is a Boris

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In the run up to last Thursday’s UK election there were some anxious moments when the possibility of a Corbyn-led government loomed as the polls

Hate speech? Or just mild disapproval speech?

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There are days, believe it or not, when I feel that there might still be some vestige of sanity in South Africa, some small thing

The great SA property dilemma

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One of these days in the not too distant future I am going to have to sell my house and move into somewhere smaller, more

How many Rolls Royces does the king of a ‘shithole’ need?

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You will no doubt have read the story about the Eswatini (formerly Swaziland) monarch taking delivery of about 16 Rolls Royces (the exact number varies,

Flights of Fancy

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In a normal world, it would be generally accepted that a company that has been technically bankrupt for years, cannot compete with more successful companies

Cyril pulls a bunny out of the hat

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It’s been a wild week in the wacky world of international finance. No sooner had Moody’s adjusted our financial health outlook from stable to negative

Clickbait versus Dignity

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Please don’t think me mawkish, but as I approach my late sixties I have become belatedly concerned about my health. As a custodian, I haven’t

A game of consequences

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Why should expressing an opinion on a website be regarded as ‘intolerance’ – and what possible ‘consequences’ might match this sin? My opinion piece on