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Category Archives: The Ericle Has Spoken
“Nothing is so much to be feared as fear”
These words were written by Henry Thoreau in 1851, in his journal entry of September 7th, and are most often regarded as the source of Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s famous ‘Nothing To Fear But Fear Itself’ … Read more...
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AN ERICLE SPECIAL: The 2020 US Presidential Debate
Posted in Americana, Humour, Politics, The Ericle Has Spoken
Tagged Humour, politics, USA
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Covadis?
“Anyone beating coronavirus deserves everybody’s fullest gratitude. Happily, industrious journalists keep leading morning newspapers offering pertinent questions regarding short-t… Read more...
Posted in Humour, International, Politics, Society, The Ericle Has Spoken, UK
Tagged Coronavirus, COVID-19
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Post-Pandemic Probabilities
There has been a significant sea-change in concerns, if not government focus, over the last few days; certainly, in the UK. (See Lord Sumpton’s article below). I believe it’s fair to say that the panic-meter is no longer at its … Read more...
Posted in Economics, Politics, Society, The Ericle Has Spoken, UK
Tagged Coronavirus, COVID-19, Economics, Post Virus
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Hearts & Minds
The global response to the Coronavirus can be viewed as possibly humanity’s finest hour. An article The Times today said; “There are two ways that the world comes out of lockdown. The first is to let the virus sweep … Read more...
Posted in International, Opinion, Society, The Ericle Has Spoken, UK
Tagged Coronavirus, COVID-19, Post Virus
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What One Says and To Whom One Says It
My valued UK reader will be very aware of the row that has been rumbling on, over the past few months, around Anti-Semitism within the Labour Party. Ever since Jeremy Corbyn’s ascendancy to the leadership, his long history of cavorting … Read more...
Today’s news
IMPORTANT QUESTIONS NEED TO BE ANSWERED. Apparently this is a picture of Karen Pierce, the British ambassador to the UN, addressing the Security Council at yesterday’s debate on the alleged use by Syria of chemical weapons:
– is this how
Bring on the clowns!
When Ken Livingstone made a prosaic – but totally insensitive – point that, because Hitler had espoused the concept of German Jews being transported to Palestine he was acting like a Zionist, he was rightly suspended from the Labour … Read more...
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2017 and all that.
The Ericle is by nature a positive thinker and I am not prepared to consign any year, let alone 2017, to the dustbin of history. Moreover, I am continually surprised how some/many/most people view their world in terms of … Read more...
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Anti-semitism & The Labour Party
If you can’t – or don’t want to – believe the cancer at the heart of Labour Party, please read this pamphlet handed out by the counter-demonstrators (“Labour Against The Witch Hunt”) at yesterday’s protest against anti-semitism within the party. … Read more...