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Author Archives: Graeme Archer
Broken Torch
First some rebuttal, more lackadaisical than rapid, I know. Plenty of armchair critics – as well as, one assumes, paid supporters of the Beijing regime – have been crawling all over the media comment boards, to suggest that the protestors … Continue reading
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Boycott the Beijing Olympics
I’ve not rushed to write down my thoughts about the Olympics, because the whole concept of competitive sports leaves me cold. But the behaviour of various spokespersons for the sporting “community” has started to anger me. I’ve lost count of … Continue reading
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Boris and the transport revolution
Do you ever think like this: why does everything seem to get worse, and why do we seem so powerless to do anything about it? Yes, I know, some of this is just that I’m getting old, and if I put my … Continue reading
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There’s a little statistician in all of us….
… well, perhaps I would say that, being a statistician myself. Easier to out oneself at a party as an exporter of live donkeys, destined for the continental food chain, than it is to admit to being a statistician; but … Continue reading
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Platform 10 backs someone for President, indecisively
I was wryly amused to see the headline on Platform 10 last week: Platform 10 backs Obama for President. Since P10 is a loose collective of liberal-Tory writers, with no formal agenda or decision-making structure, still less a list of specific … Continue reading
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