Tag Archives: UK

Brexit – what next? The fall of democracy.

Posted on February 6, 2020 by TPOL Nathan

Just as Stalingrad was the beginning of the beginning of the end of the Third Reich, is Brexit the beginning of the beginning of the end for the European Union? The Third Reich began with Hitler’s election (leading the National … Continue reading →

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When the truth makes you angry…

Posted on May 12, 2018 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton It seems that the media is upset that the guy sitting there in the White House (or at least running around there) has upset some good American allies.  Last week, CNN and other media outlets complained that … Continue reading →

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Celebrate!

Posted on June 28, 2016 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton Last Thursday, by about 52 to 48 percent, British subjects of Her Majesty voted to divorce the island nation from the European Union, triggering celebration and panic and predictions of a glorious future and a hideous future. … Continue reading →

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Breadstick vote nears – Can the UK free itself?

Posted on June 17, 2016 by TPOL Nathan

by Nathan Barton Author’s Note: I wrote this before news came that an MP had been assassinated in her own constituency, supposedly by someone who was a supporter of “LEAVE” in the Brexit vote. (Or “breadstick vote” as one person … Continue reading →

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Fear

Posted on May 11, 2016 by TPOL Nathan

Libertarian Commentary #16-19B, By Nathan Barton Our British cousins live in fear. Or so it seems from some recent news items. The Commentator reports on a poll in the Daily Telegraph regarding “private bills” voters want to get members of … Continue reading →

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Low how the mighty have fallen: deterioration, decay, and collapse

Posted on March 3, 2016 by TPOL Nathan

Libertarian Commentary #16-09D by Nathan Barton Lo, how the mighty have fallen. The deterioration of government and society and the current “civilization” worldwide proceeds apace.  Stories this week illustrate this, and send a chill up my spine. The major example … Continue reading →

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Taxes and Other Insanity!

Posted on January 25, 2016 by TPOL Nathan

Libertarian Commentary #16-04B, 25 JAN 2016 By Nathan Barton What business does the “justice system” have deciding what is, and what is not, a potato chip (called a potato crisp in the UK)? Apparently, every bit when taxes are at … Continue reading →

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Libertarian Commentary on the News, 25 October 2015, #15-43A: Medical and other foolishness

Posted on October 26, 2015 by TPOL Nathan

by Nathan Barton First we have this rather fatuous article from Australia, featured in PJ Media. Should Fevers Accompanying Infections Always Be Treated With Analgesics? It discusses what seems, from the brief discussion in the article, to be a very … Continue reading →

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Libertarian Commentary on the News, 26 July 2015, #15-30A: Disappearing Liberty

Posted on July 26, 2015 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton The speed at which liberties of free speech and freedom of religion are disappearing in the Fifty States is rather surprising. World Net Daily reports on a situation in Kentucky in which a Baptist preacher was “fired” … Continue reading →

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Libertarian Commentary on the News, 03 July 2015, #15-26D

Posted on July 3, 2015 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton In Oklahoma, members of the state legislature have begun the process of impeaching the majority of the state Supreme Court which ordered the removal of a Ten Commandments monument from the Statehouse grounds, according to KOCO. At … Continue reading →

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