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Political Observer comments. The Financial Times: January 5, 2024: Headline: Writer Giuliano da Empoli: ‘Putin knows he made a mistake. But one rule of power is to never go back’ Sub-headline: The Italian political adviser turned bestselling novelist on using … Continue reading →

Old Socialist comments. January 11, 2024: In my haste to comment on Mr. Ganesh’s latest essay, I commented about the Hunger and Homelessness in Britain. I failed in my moral duty, yes Kant!, to, at the least, mention the Gaza … Continue reading →

Political Commentator wonders, where the Homeless & Hungry might fit into ‘Ganesh World’? ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… January 11, 2024:  In my haste to comment on Mr. Ganesh’s latest essay, I commented about the Hunger and Homelessness in Britain. I failed in my … Continue reading →

Political Observer. Opinion The FT View : Headline : The 2024 battle for America’s soul Sub-headline: Biden needs to spell out clearly what is at stake in his contest with Trump https://www.ft.com/content/7a99563b-6b66-4e43-94de-0dcaca5d60dc This @FT Political Melodrama has one advantage for The Reader! … Continue reading →

Political Observer offers some selective quotation of Stephen’s moralizing politics. Bret Stephens when he isn’t proclaiming his moral uprightness and virtue, he can’t resist the temptation to attack the Civil Rights Era and The Great Society of Johnson, on its … Continue reading →

Old Socialist’s inconvenient recollections ! Please note that I’ve placed in bold font and italics Mr. Sachs reported ‘world class impatience’! Here are the the last paragraphs of Beddoes latest broadside , about the coming Political Crises of 2024: In … Continue reading →

Political Observer & Almost Marx comment. The Headline and Sub-headline are descriptive of the ‘reportage’ of Benjamin Barthe  and Philippe Ricard: Headline: France is still finding its bearings with the war in Gaza Sub-headline : In two and a half months of conflict, … Continue reading →

Political Observer wonders! A collection of reviews : Churchill’s Empire The World That Made Him and the World He Made Author: Richard Toye Political Observer

Newspaper Reader comments. The first paragraph of this essay is as lackluster as Kier Starmer, as portrayed by Bagehot ! Usually, politicians try to offer optimism. Sir Keir Starmer’s Labour Party specialises in despair. “This is worse than the 1970s,” said Sir … Continue reading →

Political Observer comments. I’ll confine myself to the final three paragraphs of this ‘analysis’ – its unfortunate that the Age of Freud is long past? Though too rarified a form of Psycho-Analysis for this ‘news magazine’ still moored in 1843? A political given might … Continue reading →