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Somewhere to Hang Your Towel

1st August 2026 Always Worth Saying 0

The phrase “grim up north” lingers in the national imagination and conjures images of soot-stained skylines, struggling towns, and industries long past their prime. Yet this caricature of tired decline obscures another, less frequently told [more…]

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A Plutocrats’ Tour of The North, Part Eight

25th July 2026 Always Worth Saying 0

The phrase “grim up north” lingers in the national imagination and conjures images of soot-stained skylines, struggling towns, and industries long past their prime. Yet this caricature of tired decline obscures another, less frequently told [more…]

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Burnham’s Bee Bus Bollocks

22nd July 2026 Going Postal 0

A Multi-Million Pound Illusion Funded by Tories and Paid for by You Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham never misses an opportunity to boast about his socialist transport “revolution.” To hear him tell it, the Manchester [more…]

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The Sure Way to Destroy a Prosperous Nation

22nd July 2026 Patrick Barron 0

This is not a frivolous claim, but the sure way to destroy a prosperous nation is to debase the currency. History is full of examples, from ancient Rome to the nascent French Republic to Weimar [more…]

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A Plutocrats Tour of The North, Part Seven

18th July 2026 Always Worth Saying 0

For generations, the phrase “grim up north” has lingered in the national imagination — conjuring images of soot-stained skylines, struggling towns, and industries long past their prime. It is a shorthand that flattens the region [more…]

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Wealthy Wendyball Wayfaring

11th July 2026 Always Worth Saying 0

As the World Gentleman’s Wendyball Invitation Shield dominates yet another weekend, shall we use our weekly plutocrats’ tour of the North to spy upon the round ball game? I think we might as well. For [more…]

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Two Weeks in a Real Socialist Country

8th July 2026 Patrick Barron 0

So-called “Democratic Socialists” are winning elections in America (New York City and Colorado). I’m sure that no one who either is running on a socialist platform or who voted for a socialist candidate has ever [more…]

19th Century

The Realer World of Little Trains

4th July 2026 Always Worth Saying 0

Burnham, Starmer, by-elections, defence reviews, World Cups, wars and the cost of living? Meh. Never mind all of that, what’s happening in the realer world of little trains? I have an embarrassing gap on my [more…]

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The Iran War, “Rope-a-Dope”, and the 1415 Battle of Agincourt

29th June 2026 Patrick Barron 0

The military consequences of the Iran War have precedence in the 1415 Battle of Agincourt, in which an inferior number of English archers defeated a much superior number of French armored knights. Its implications reverberated [more…]

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