Archive - This Green and Surprisingly Pleasant Land by Stephen Vines

Winning every battle – losing every war

As the Middle East looks set to implode yet again This Green and Surprisingly Pleasant Land looks at why endless wars have mainly produced endless wars

Oct 15 •

It's Hong Kong all over again

This Green and Surprisingly Pleasant Land see ominous parallels between the experience of Hongkongers and the people of the Chagos Islands as the last…

Oct 8 •

Flushing and polishing services for monsters

The Green and Surprisingly Pleasant Land zeros in on the PR flack who have helped the rich to do their worst

Oct 1 •

September 2024

Prime Ministers for Sale – cheap! cheap!

This Green and Surprisingly Pleasant Land asks why on earth British prime ministers are so keen to be compromised by gifts from the rich

Sep 24 •

If they weren’t politicians we might feel sorry for them

This Green and Surprisingly Pleasant Land examines the hazards facing political leaders on holiday

Sep 17 •

Unexpected event alert - containing possibly positive news !!

This Green and Surprisingly Pleasant Land examines the implications of Britain’s decision to suspend some arms sales to Israel

Sep 10 •

Get real when dealing with dictators

This Green and Strangely Pleasant Land examines the new British government’s worrying plans for resetting relations with China

Sep 3 •

August 2024

We're paying for their irresponsibility

This Green and Strangely Pleasant Land calculates the cost of official hubris and ideological blindness

Aug 27 •

Pariah friends for a pariah state

This Green and Surprisingly Pleasant Land examines the growing closeness between the global extreme right and the Netanyahu government in Israel

Aug 20 •

Passivity is not the answer

This Green and Surprisingly Pleasant Land suggests that the racist mobs cannot be defeated by the authorities without mass mobilization of ordinary…

Aug 13 •

Calling out the people in suits behind the rioters

This Green and Surprising Pleasant Land calls out the so called respectable politicians who have been encouraging the mobs

Aug 6 •

July 2024

The perils of conventional wisdom

This Green and Surprisingly Pleasant Land examines why group think is often deeply flawed, not to mention dangerous

Jul 30 •

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