Guest contribution by Nick Xylas, WR Council member The following is a review of The Progressive Patriot: A Search for Belonging, by Billy Bragg, published in 2006 by Bantam of London.This is really three books in one. The first is an autobiography of Billy Bragg, the singer and songwriter who took the blues and theContinueContinue reading “The Progressive Patriot”
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Our Three Europes
“You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the old model obsolete.”The quote is attributed to Buckminster Fuller. Another variation on the theme is that new ideas don’t triumph by changing opinions; they triumph because those holding the old ideas die out and those holdingContinueContinue reading “Our Three Europes”
Welcome to the Party
On this day last year we were delighted to mention Wessex Society’s success in persuading a third of the county and unitary councils in Wessex to fly the Wyvern for St Ealdhelm’s Day. (The picture below was taken at Somerset County Hall in Taunton.) This year, many councils are doing the same, with Bath &ContinueContinue reading “Welcome to the Party”
Onwards and Upwards
Defying expectations, David Cameron, far from being locked out of Downing Street, now has the full bunch of keys (with just 37% of the vote), at least until his slim Commons majority is whittled away over the next five years. He has promised a land of hope and glory, a Britain greater still and greater,ContinueContinue reading “Onwards and Upwards”
For the Record
Guest contribution by Colin Bex, Wessex Regionalist candidate for Witney The EditorThe Oxford TimesNewspaper HouseOsney MeadOxfordOX2 0EJSir,I refer to your report ‘One of the safest seats in Britain’ (Oxford Times 30 April 2015 p.7) by Luke Sproule.Under the caption ‘THE CANDIDATES’, there is no mention of four of the candidates standing for Witney including myselfContinueContinue reading “For the Record”
X for Bex for Witney
This is the five-word tweet Colin is suggesting to all those he meets who are too young to vote, to send amongst their friends in Witney, to provide them with input to influence their parents to benefit the Wessex cause – and which has produced an enthusiastic response. Meanwhile, Colin’s leaflet has been finalised forContinueContinue reading “X for Bex for Witney”
The Long And Winding Road
The vilification of Nicola Sturgeon in the London press is delightful, not because it is at all pleasant but because here at last is a phenomenon that ‘they’ can do nothing to stop. No matter what their rage, no matter what their war chest, they cannot win, and the SNP cannot lose. The only detailContinueContinue reading “The Long And Winding Road”
Empire at Sunset
All is explained so beautifully… here.
Raising the Standard
Concerning the reputed ‘hustings’ held at Witney by Churches Together recently, Colin Bex states that:”Of the twelve candidates nominated for Witney – all duly paid up to stand for Parliament – only five were chosen and just 1% of constituents were allowed to witness this 2015 travesty of democracy in a third millennium British generalContinueContinue reading “Raising the Standard”
A Wealth of Possibilities
Last week, BBC1 aired a programme called Millionaire Basement Wars. It described how, over the past decade, some 2,000 new basements have been excavated beneath high-value properties in central London, most notably in the Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea. The buildings are often listed, so there’s little scope to extend up or out. ThatContinueContinue reading “A Wealth of Possibilities”
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