Monthly Archives: September 2026

The War of 1812-13 is usually presented to Americans as being their second ‘War of Independence’, which they won. Well, OK – up to a point. It did help to save the fledgling USA from re-conquest by Britain; but the … Continue reading →

I wonder whether Farage and the other Brexiteers realised that making it more difficult for foreigners to enter Britain might also make it harder for Britons to re-enter Britain from abroad? That’s my situation just now. Having lived in Sweden … Continue reading →

One of the chief suspects in the recent tragic case of Jason Arday is ‘DEI’ – the acronym standing for ‘Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion’. The idea behind this is to ‘promote the fair treatment and full participation of all people, … Continue reading →

Brexit was supposed to protect Britain from all those nasty immigrants from Europe who threatened ‘ar sovrinty’. Which it probably did, to some extent. Certainly we don’t find so many foreign doctors and nurses in our hospitals as we used … Continue reading →

My thoughts pretty exactly. (See https://bernardjporter.com/2026/08/16/plagiarism/.)