Category Archives: Links

Friday Links: I’m Very Cross!

Posted on November 14, 2025 by nicdempsey

Happy Friday! For the last little while I’ve been despairing at the news, this week I was incandescent with crossness… you have been warned F.B.I. Director Is Said to Have Made a Pledge to Head of MI5, Then Broken It. … Continue reading →

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Friday Links: New York does the right thing!

Posted on November 7, 2025 by nicdempsey

Happy Friday! This week’s links… King Charles officially strips Andrew of HRH style and prince title. I’d like to strip all of the them of their titles and their ‘jobs’ Economic policy is one thing Nigel Farage can’t crib from … Continue reading →

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Friday Links: No Good News

Posted on July 25, 2025 by nicdempsey

Happy Friday! The 2020’s are not doing well for optimism about the state or the future of the world! I do kind of feel that there is no good news and I’m more than a little worried about what our … Continue reading →

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Friday Links: Plane Crashes and Rising Authoritarianism

Posted on June 13, 2025 by nicdempsey

Happy Friday! We are pretty much in the era of no good news, so here are some links… What Keir Starmer can’t say. This is long but worth reading British man is sole survivor of Air India plane crash that … Continue reading →

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Friday Links: Slouching Towards Jerusalem

Posted on October 11, 2024 by nicdempsey

Happy Friday! Pro-war, anti-Netanyahu: that has been the Israeli liberal conundrum in a terrible year. This is generally my issue with Israelis of all political stripes, they just don’t see the Palestinians as human beings and so they can’t see … Continue reading →

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Friday Links: Gloomy

Posted on September 27, 2024 by nicdempsey

Happy Friday! Autumn is upon us and there is no good news…. ‘I have £7 in my bank account’: how the two-child benefit cap changed Britain. Honestly, it was a stupid idea. People have babies and honestly the decision to … Continue reading →

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Friday Links: So fed up

Posted on September 20, 2024 by nicdempsey

Happy Friday! These links are the culmination of at least a month of me collecting them and then forgetting to hit publish so some may be a little out of date! Israeli forces kill at least nine Palestinians in West … Continue reading →

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Friday Links: Binfire

Posted on August 16, 2024 by nicdempsey

Happy Friday! As a former IDF soldier and historian of genocide, I was deeply disturbed by my recent visit to Israel. This is so worth reading. I also want to recommend Ami Ayalon’s book ‘Friendly Fire‘, which is are really … Continue reading →

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Friday Links:

Posted on April 26, 2024 by nicdempsey

Happy Friday! Links are coming late this week because, I’ve been tired and busy… Thames Water could raise bills to £627 a year to help fix leaks. I can’t explain how angry the Thames Water situation makes me, I can … Continue reading →

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Friday Links:

Posted on April 5, 2024 by nicdempsey

Happy Friday! It has been a very long time, the news is terrible, work is busy and I’ve been distracted but here are some links. It’s not that cheerful… The Shoah after Gaza. This is from the London Review of … Continue reading →

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