Tag: World affairs
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The Party Line is………Perception
At any point in the day, our brain receives trillions of sensory impulses from our body which flow from our nerves directly to our brain for processing and interpretation. It is these impulses which shape how we perceive the world, covering everything from pleasure and pain to the baser level bodily functions. The interpretation of…
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The Party Line is………. Consequences
As human beings, we exist in a world where we are constantly confronted by decisions. We examine the options involved and once we have decided, we make our choice, one action over another, stay or go, do or do not. These instances of choice shape hundreds of choices which follow the initial one, cascading outwards…
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The Party Line is……….Insurrection
People often have differences of opinion, it’s a fact of life. One person says one course of action is good and another says something different. If your anything like me an argument usually ensues. But fundamentally, differences of opinion are vital for humanity to succeed, promoting agents of change and societal progress. They provoke debate,…
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The Party Line is…….Summer Holidays
Ah, the summer holidays have arrived for millions of children. For their parents this means six weeks of keeping their children occupied, going on overpriced holidays and long stints out of the office. For me it means more available seats on the train, little kids on bikes doing wheelies down the wrong side of the…
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The Party Line is……..Purge
Politics and political parties exist in a state of constant flux, where ideas and aims are discussed, implemented and sometimes jettisoned like driftwood. What works in some countries does not work in others and can often have disastrous results for both the incumbent government and the populous as a whole. It is a precarious balance,…
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The Party Line is………..Security
Security. Peace. Freedom to exist without fear of terror. Fundamental truths that exist at the very heart of good government. Fundamental truths which are under threat on an almost hourly basis.
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How do we defeat Islamic State?
Baghdad, Aden, Brussels, Jakarta, Istanbul, Paris. It is a sad litany of names all united in tragedy: they are all cities touched by Terrorism; they have all been successfully targeted by Islamic State. It is an organisation which has killed almost 50,000 individuals throughout the Middle East and beyond. Its European, African and Asian activities…
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What are the practicalities and politics of preserving the Status Quo?
The world is an ever changing place; more and more people and society as a whole exist in a state of flux. Yet amidst this constant state of change, there is the constancy of the world itself. This world is not a new one and has steadily evolved over the centuries to become the society…
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