No Nation Tories!
By Max Musson: Since before the general election there has been much talk in Conservative, government and establishment circles and within the mass media generally about terrorism, and the need to counter terrorist activity and extremism in our society. Recently on Independent Television (ITV) the Home Secretary Theresa May spoke to Susanna Reid about the need to counter extremism and those who seek to ‘divide’ our nation, stating, “we are one nation, we will be…
This Happy Breed?
By Frederick Dixon: This Royal throne of Kings, this sceptred isle, This other Eden, demi paradise, This fortress built by nature for herself, Against infection and the hand of war, This happy breed of men, this little world, This precious stone set in the silver sea Which serves it in the office of a wall Or as a moat defensive to a house, Against the envy of less happier lands, This blessed plot, this earth,…