Paul Anthony Thorpe
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Book reader, gym goer, and beer drinker- occasionally! Live in Arico, Tenerife. BA(Hons) Eng Lit (Open). Interested in books & a keen layperson's interest in modern economics. Operated 8 colour press in England. Driver in Tenerife. Originally from Hull.
Yes. Push button voting and computer screens in front of them.
November 26, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Yes. Push button voting and computer screens in front of them.
Crows are as intelligent as chimps, apparently.
November 24, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Crows are as intelligent as chimps, apparently.
His promises are based on thinking that is now becoming accepted. Slowly, yes.
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November 23, 2025 at 6:52 PM
His promises are based on thinking that is now becoming accepted. Slowly, yes.
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Yes. Things will get tougher for him. Populist? I don't put him in that camp. His views are popular because he articulates how things can be, and people see it as accurate.
November 23, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Yes. Things will get tougher for him. Populist? I don't put him in that camp. His views are popular because he articulates how things can be, and people see it as accurate.
Having said that, I do believe that the Greens now could be a pivotal axis for many on the left or centre left. Polanski has certainly become a clarion call for the left. I support him, but how it plays out; who knows?
November 23, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Having said that, I do believe that the Greens now could be a pivotal axis for many on the left or centre left. Polanski has certainly become a clarion call for the left. I support him, but how it plays out; who knows?
Yes. Down through history those on the left with their varying degrees of difference have nearly always fractured and splintered into groups less effective than they should be.
November 23, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Yes. Down through history those on the left with their varying degrees of difference have nearly always fractured and splintered into groups less effective than they should be.
Yes. Their development, growth and spread features heavily in Nancy McLean's book Democracy in Chains. With particular attention to James Mcgill Buchanan and his acolytes. Milton Friedman among them.
November 23, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Yes. Their development, growth and spread features heavily in Nancy McLean's book Democracy in Chains. With particular attention to James Mcgill Buchanan and his acolytes. Milton Friedman among them.