From the daily archives:

Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Chasm Closing in the Grand Canyon State

February 22, 2012

In my previous post, I explained that Michigan was probably the more interesting of the two primaries being fought by the Republicans next Tuesday. But it is worth stressing that word ‘probably’.  A week ago, Santorum was well ahead in Michigan whilst Romney was even further ahead in Arizona.  Yet just as the race in [...]

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Taking a Gander at the Michiganders’ Primary

February 22, 2012

We are less than a week away from the next tests in the Republican primary race.  Tuesday sees primary elections in two sizable states: Arizona and Michigan. Both are also potentially swing states in November, although at the moment you would favour the Republicans in Arizona and the Democrats in the Great Lakes State. Of [...]

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#405: 2012, Sleigh Bells, Comeback Kid

February 22, 2012

So Ray and Jackie are struggling for the first song from this year.   I thought I’d best put them out of their misery before we have more embarrassing Video Games fiascos.   This song is from Sleigh Bells’ second album, Reign of Terror which came out, oh, as long ago as yesterday, which also happened  to [...]

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Two World Wars, Greece and Germany

February 22, 2012

In 1919 the Treaty of Versailles formally concluded the First World War between the western powers and Germany.    The Treaty had at its heart retribution against Germany, which not only was made to accept responsibility for causing the War but also, and more importantly, required to pay huge reparations to the Allied Powers, and France [...]

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The Universal Credit Car Crash

February 22, 2012

Much of the media and political attention to date on the Welfare Reform Bill has been on the ethics of the proposed impact on recipients, not least the debate on the imposition of the £26,000 cap on households. Far less attention has been given to the practicalities of the introduction of the Universal Credit. Yet [...]

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