Aristophanes gave us a great play, Lysistrata. For a view on war perhaps our politicians should be made to watch it.
Cliff Jones
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Save the Banks!
16 March 2023What shall, what can, what must we do? Once again our most blessed banks are suffering. Come on you poor, bestir yourselves and prop them up. You have done it…
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Inspired by a reminder of Latin homework just found in my old school blazer I shall attempt to make more use of the subjunctive. Let me see. “Had the voters…
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A Comedy Of Terrors. ,We, The Audience, Have No Cause To Laugh.
5 September 2022A Comedy Of Terrors. We, The Audience, Have No Cause To Laugh. Out of approximately 160,000 Tory voters just over 80,000 voted for Truss to be our Prime Minister and…
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THE CLIFF JONES COLUMN
12 May 2022To vote for any party connected to Farargo is to vote in support of a man perfectly willing to take the generous salary of an MEP plus the extremely generous…
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book review
10 May 2022LABOUR’S FIRST YEAR J.E.D. HallPENGUIN BOOKS (1947) This can hardly be a conventional book review that might influence new sales. The book was published in 1947 and written by an…
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Is it time to re-read THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT?
23 April 2022Is it time to re-read THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT? I listen to and read the words of politicians and struggle to connect politicians who profess Christianity with the words…