In Truth & Honour
as engineered riots break out around the Isles of Britain. The Dog Days of Summer are those days when the heat is at its fiercest, the tempers their shortest and the canine rage at its highest. The intensity of life is never more keenly felt than in the month of August, the height of the... Continue Reading →
The 9 Principles of Policing were, apparently, established by Robert Peel and his associates back in 1829, with the "General Instructions" being issued to each constable. The policing principles were expanded, as below, in the 1948 book, A Short History of the British Police by Charles Reith. 1. To prevent crime and disorder, as an... Continue Reading →
As Useful Idiots Expel 17 Year old. For the purposes of this article, correct thinking is taken to mean that which is right, as opposed to incorrect thinking which is wrong. "A man's life of any worth is a continual allegory - and very few eyes can see the mystery." John Keats The failure of... Continue Reading →
A tale of espionage and limited hangouts and some thoughts on the divine nature of our lives. The undercover spies who take the King’s Shilling. This ruminative piece is a preamble to my latest RogueCast in which I speak in some more detail of the matters mentioned herein. When the individual perceives that the world... Continue Reading →
A Cock and Bull Tale This is but a preamble to my latest Rogue Cast which should be uploaded later today, all being well. A number of UK councils have declared or are on the verge of bankruptcy. Here in Nottingham, the City Council has declared itself to be bankrupt. This gives rise to the... Continue Reading →
A Quagmire: the State of the British Judiciary It is some 14 years since I stepped into Nottingham County Court to defend a fraudulent possession claim against my home of 16 years. At that time, I was reasonably confident in the British Justice system. However, I no longer take that view. Since that time to... Continue Reading →
Spring has sprung - the daffodils stand tall, blossom trees proliferate and the pussy willow springs into languid attention. However, there is another Spring who operates in marked contrast to her seasonal nom de plume. Marianna Spring's output is of a withering quality that reflects the fatal lack of critical thinking which is ever more... Continue Reading →
The utter absurdity that is afoot in the realm right now is plain to see and is summed up perfectly in the featured image, courtesy of its creator, Russ Keiron. In fact, we are currently in an epoch of golden comedy when laughter can be generated by simply speaking the truth in the face of... Continue Reading →
In Dostoyevsky’s ‘Crime and Punishment’, the protagonist, Raskolnikov, a 23 year old former student in St Petersburg commits the murder of an old woman (a pawnbroker) and her sister. This begins a downward spiral into his own conscience. The harm he has caused is partially resultant from a need to break out of a life... Continue Reading →
It is a maxim that remorse precedes forgiveness on the simple basis that a wrong-doer must first acknowledge his sin. After all, how can one forgive someone who has caused you harm when he or she does not admit it and experience genuine remorse? There can be no forgiveness without repentance: repent | rəˈpent |... Continue Reading →
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