Author Archives: bernardporter2013

If the USA goes to war with Britain and her allies over tariffs and Greenland, it will be the second time this has happened in history. The first was the ‘War of 1812’, between the newly-minted USA and British Empire … Continue reading →

I used to read science fiction for entertainment, and for cerebral stimulation. By ‘science fiction’ I don’t mean all that Star Wars stuff – ‘Cowboys and Indians’ transposed to a different time and place; but the sort that makes you … Continue reading →

I’m not a great fan of Keir Starmer’s, my main gripe with him having been over his re-categorisation of ‘Palestine Action’ as a ‘terrorist’ movement in August last year. Noisily demonstrating, holding up incendiary placards and even daubing planes with … Continue reading →

In Europe Anarchism was (and is?) usually associated with the political Left. In the modern USA, however, it is definitely a thing of the Right. Unfettered free market capitalism is an essentially anarchist ideology, whether free market capitalists want to … Continue reading →

I think I’ve mentioned before my difficulties with my Emails, which I’ve not been able to send or receive for the past couple of months. After numerous enquiries to KCom – my ‘server’ (is that the word? based in Hull) … Continue reading →

The thing that might finally turn his transatlantic fans against Trump – the rest of us are against him anyway – is his contemptuous dismissal of the contributions of European armed forces to America’s wars in recent years. ‘The problem … Continue reading →

If you could choose, which national leader would you rather have? Both speeches – Trump’s and Carney’s – were delivered to the Global Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, only yesterday. Is there any chance that rather than America’s annexing Canada … Continue reading →

Reading the papers today, everything is ‘Trump’. It’s difficult to get away from him; even Prince Harry (in Britain) and the Epstein files can’t compete. I imagine he’s loving this – even the bad publicity he generates, however much he … Continue reading →

Everyone now knows what they maybe didn’t know a week ago, about Greenland, and Trump’s designs on it. They may however wonder why tiny Denmark presently has (partial) control over this vast but sparsely populated island. The Danish connection goes … Continue reading →

This worries me. What if Trump is proved right? What if his tariffs are successful in bringing manufacturing back to America; if he is instrumental in bringing peace to Ukraine, Gaza and South America; if he builds his luxury condos … Continue reading →