“Children say the darndest things,” as the twee old saying goes but do you know who says more of those “darndest” things than children? Politicians. They come out with some right old claptrap that is easily disproven, yet they get away with it all the time; usually because the people who hear them say it…Read more
Following my recent article on micro nations, I have had a number of people (two is a number, so it counts) contact me to ask how they can start their own countries. Well I’m happy to announce that the Empire of Jennytopia has recently been created and therefore I am now a 100 percent genuine…Read more
Turning something off and then on again is a common trick for dealing with faulty electrical components in a device but you don’t often associate this troubleshooting process with national governments. We probably should start thinking about it however because the world seems to be going through a bit of upheaval at the moment, so…Read more
We’ve all wanted to set up our own country at some point, haven’t we? Don’t try to deny it, there’s always that desire to throw off the shackles of “society” and stick it to “the man”. It’s “well I’m starting my own club and you can’t join!” only on a national scale. It’s a wild…Read more
Politics can get nasty, really nasty. Sometimes politicians argue with one-another and to a certain extent we should expect that because politics is something that generally makes some people quite riled-up. We normally expect our politicians to have a certain level of adulthood when they deal with things and people they disagree with – after…Read more
War is a terrible thing. Soldiers come home haunted by it, if they come home at all. Families are devastated by it; whether they were stuck in the middle of the conflict, or left back home to worry about their loved ones as they march off to fight. It doesn’t seem like the kind of…Read more
With the United Kingdom’s departure from the European Union drawing near, it’s time we discussed the state of the British Constitution; since we’ll be making our own way in the world again. Specifically, let’s take a look at the fact that the British Constitution is an absolute mess and thoroughly overdue for a re-draft. You…Read more