Certainty is a political trick. Not a particularly clever one, because when you understand what is going on you will never be fooled again. In fact, Carlo Rovelli, the eminent philosopher states that certainty is a dangerous and damaging concept. Why ‘The madness of certainty’? well, when you realise you have fallen for this trick, it will make you mad,…
Month: March 2014
Scotland’s Referendum – the triumph of Social Media?
Ever since people were able to write they have communicated their thoughts and messages on some form or other, whether slate or parchment. Around the late 1430s, a German man named Johann Gutenberg automated the printing process, thus enabling mass communication. Communication evolved slowly over the centuries until the industrial revolution brought us communication on an industrial scale, where mass…
Scotland’s Referendum – are we abusing the memory of WW1?
Ask anyone who has been divorced, do they celebrate their wedding day. What about Nelson Mandela, did he celebrate the day he was jailed or the day he was released? We don’t normally celebrate the start of something horrible (apologies if you divorced on amicable grounds). We celebrate bad stuff coming to an end. Now, I am a big fan…
Referendum – the wrong kind of immigrant
The Tory’s are getting into a right ‘tiz’ over immigration. Cameron revelled in an early turkey shoot with the Blair/ Mandelson policy on mass immigration that he claimed, changed the social profile of the UK for ever. Clearly, Blair did not have a handle on immigration. All he knew was he wanted loads. Cameron couldn’t have wished for better. He…