Bonn or bust – The UN’s last, desperate bid for unelected world government
There are not many empty seats in the dismal, echoing conference chamber in the ghastly concrete box that is the Hotel Maritim here in Bonn, where the UN’s latest attempt to maneuver the 194 States Parties to the Framework Convention on Climate Change gets underway today.
Who Was Niccoló Machiavelli?
The Italian humanists had propounded the doctrine of absolute political rule, first by republican oligarchs and next by the glorified despot, the monarch or prince. But one crucial point remained to free the ruler of all moral shackles and to allow and even glorify the unchecked and untrammeled rule of royal whim.
Digital Economy Bill: Nine things you can’t do any more
The Digital Economy Bill has a number of clauses that, if taken to their logical extremes, could see some pretty horrible outcomes.
England v USA World Cup match targeted by “Al-Qaeda”
England’s opening World Cup match against the USA is being targeted by a terror group linked to Al-Qaeda.
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