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protest2024-06-04T15:24:07+00:00monthlyhttps://lastfoundling.com/2014/05/09/putin-is-a-bully-but-not-a-fool/https://lastfoundling.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/ukraine.jpgUkraineA great opportunity was thrown away when Putin first came to power.2024-06-04T15:23:45+00:00monthlyhttps://lastfoundling.com/2014/08/05/lament-to-war/2024-06-04T15:23:28+00:00monthlyhttps://lastfoundling.com/2014/09/01/europe-must-act-as-a-much-needed-adrenalin-shot-to-a-weary-uncle-sam/https://lastfoundling.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/america-europe.jpgAmerica-Europe2024-06-04T15:23:09+00:00monthlyhttps://lastfoundling.com/2015/03/21/the-immigration-debate/https://lastfoundling.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/bigotgate.jpgbigotgateGordon Brown demonstrated the disconnect between politicians and the public when he labeled lifelong Labour supporter Gillian Duffy a bigot for broaching the subject in 2010.2024-06-04T15:22:56+00:00monthlyhttps://lastfoundling.com/2015/12/09/troubled-waters-afoot/https://lastfoundling.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/syrian-refugees.jpgsyrian-refugeesDespite a total mess surrounding us on all sides, a new opportunity presents itself in the Syrian quagmire.2024-06-04T15:21:58+00:00monthlyhttps://lastfoundling.com/2016/02/09/china-must-chastise-its-nuclear-armed-neighbour/https://lastfoundling.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/north-korea.jpgFile photo of a parade to commemorate the 65th anniversary of the founding of the Workers' Party of Korea in PyongyangBeneath a polished veneer lies mass starvation and poverty.2024-06-04T15:21:36+00:00monthlyhttps://lastfoundling.com/2016/10/31/we-should-not-fear-trump-presidency/https://lastfoundling.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/trump.jpgtrump2024-06-04T15:21:03+00:00monthlyhttps://lastfoundling.com/2017/02/11/gods-princes-priests/https://lastfoundling.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/welby.jpgJustin Welby, a modern-day pharoah2024-06-04T15:20:12+00:00monthlyhttps://lastfoundling.com/2017/09/23/two-stories-to-share-with-my-family-and-friends/2024-06-04T15:19:44+00:00monthlyhttps://lastfoundling.com/2016/11/14/brexit-and-trump-are-only-the-beginning/https://lastfoundling.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/92418788_faragetrump.jpg2024-06-04T15:18:32+00:00monthlyhttps://lastfoundling.com/2016/06/30/brexit-was-a-brave-act-by-a-brave-nation/2024-06-04T15:17:56+00:00monthlyhttps://lastfoundling.com/2024/06/04/how-d-days-success-was-more-than-just-a-beach-assault/https://lastfoundling.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/dummy-tanks-built-during-the-operation-fortitude-1944.pngdummy-tanks-built-during-the-operation-fortitude-1944https://lastfoundling.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/1.-carrying-a-dummy-tank-ed.jpg1.-carrying-a-dummy-tank-ed2024-06-04T11:37:34+00:00monthlyhttps://lastfoundling.com/2024/05/20/unmasking-russias-wwii-narrative/2024-06-04T15:03:18+00:00monthlyhttps://lastfoundling.com/2011/09/15/battle-of-britain-spelt-hitlers-demise/2024-05-19T11:07:24+00:00monthlyhttps://lastfoundling.com/2024/04/06/britains-ingenious-path/2024-04-07T11:25:08+00:00monthlyhttps://lastfoundling.com/about-toms-book/https://lastfoundling.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/back1.jpgDown and Up: Staying Positive and Never Losing Hope2024-02-18T16:01:02+00:00weekly0.6https://lastfoundling.com/about-tom/2024-02-18T15:57:17+00:00weekly0.6https://lastfoundling.com/2023/12/05/autocracy-vs-democracy-the-stakes-in-ukraine/2023-12-06T18:45:12+00:00monthlyhttps://lastfoundling.com/2023/11/28/the-divergent-paths-of-angela-kelly-and-susan-hussey-in-the-royal-household/2023-11-28T21:07:36+00:00monthlyhttps://lastfoundling.com/2023/11/11/from-armistice-to-aftermath-a-poem-for-remembrance/2023-11-19T13:29:41+00:00monthlyhttps://lastfoundling.com/2023/06/18/brexit-and-beyond-uniting-the-old-commonwealth/2023-06-18T21:38:03+00:00monthlyhttps://lastfoundling.com/2023/05/20/canzuk-a-powerhouse-union-redefining-global-democracy/https://lastfoundling.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/canzuk.pngcanzuk2023-06-03T15:11:33+00:00monthlyhttps://lastfoundling.com/2022/10/16/mysteries-of-our-origins/https://lastfoundling.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/gurche_neanderthal.jpgHomo neanderthalensis adult male. Reconstruction based on Shanidar 1 by John Gurche for the Human Origins Program, NMNH. Date: 225,000 to 28,000 years.Homo neanderthalensis adult male. Reconstruction based on Shanidar 1 by John Gurche for the Human Origins Program, NMNH. Date: 225,000 to 28,000 years.2023-05-21T11:51:58+00:00monthlyhttps://lastfoundling.com/2022/09/13/our-queen-impressed-all-humanity/https://lastfoundling.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/2000.jpeg20002022-09-13T19:20:51+00:00monthlyhttps://lastfoundling.com/2022/04/22/loss/2022-04-25T19:53:19+00:00monthlyhttps://lastfoundling.com/2022/03/09/whatever-putins-game-plan-was-it-cannot-have-been-any-of-this/2022-03-22T14:49:10+00:00monthlyhttps://lastfoundling.com/2021/08/18/as-afghanistan-suffers-and-slips-back-into-darkness-america-licks-its-entirely-self-inflicted-wounds-and-europe-stands-aghast/2022-01-15T10:52:59+00:00monthlyhttps://lastfoundling.com/2021/12/16/we-wont-let-boris-ruin-another-christmas/2021-12-16T20:55:37+00:00monthlyhttps://lastfoundling.com/2020/11/29/heading-into-irrelevance/2020-11-29T20:14:14+00:00monthlyhttps://lastfoundling.com/2020/11/04/the-british-public-are-desperate-for-boris-to-be-the-man-we-felt-we-knew/2020-11-04T22:46:35+00:00monthlyhttps://lastfoundling.com/2020/10/28/what-is-it-with-banks/2020-10-28T17:26:55+00:00monthlyhttps://lastfoundling.com/2020/10/20/a-poem-to-a-lost-sister/2020-10-20T20:42:17+00:00monthlyhttps://lastfoundling.com/2020/06/21/boris-will-face-a-harsh-reckoning-when-the-story-of-this-crisis-is-finally-written/2020-06-21T11:22:10+00:00monthlyhttps://lastfoundling.com/2020/04/21/a-chinese-export-we-could-have-done-without/2020-04-22T12:44:26+00:00monthlyhttps://lastfoundling.com/2020/01/27/the-holocausts-scale-and-horror-will-haunt-us-to-the-end-of-time/2020-01-28T13:26:02+00:00monthlyhttps://lastfoundling.com/2013/05/08/the-fast-way-to-lose-weight/2019-08-29T15:36:04+00:00monthlyhttps://lastfoundling.com/2019/07/04/how-the-world-has-changed-for-britain-in-the-eighty-years-since-i-was-born/2019-07-04T19:45:00+00:00monthlyhttps://lastfoundling.com/2019/05/31/richard-iii-is-the-victim-of-tudor-character-assassination/2019-08-29T02:42:53+00:00monthlyhttps://lastfoundling.com/2019/05/14/graveyard-near-my-shop/2019-05-16T10:35:16+00:00monthlyhttps://lastfoundling.com/2019/03/07/knife-crime-epidemic/2019-03-07T12:31:41+00:00monthlyhttps://lastfoundling.com/2018/07/08/times-up-for-vaz/https://lastfoundling.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/vaz-romanian1.jpgVaz-RomanianVaz's come-to-bed eyes were on display in 2014 when he greeted the first Romanian to enter UK under new EU rules in that notorious photo op.2019-03-07T11:27:17+00:00monthlyhttps://lastfoundling.com/2018/07/24/childcare-at-its-finest/https://lastfoundling.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/2018-06-17_15-36-50.jpgGrant has been visiting Little Harbour to teach Jacqui Sweet, Activities Co-ordinator, and children like Jake how to use their new 3D printer.2018-07-29T14:20:24+00:00monthlyhttps://lastfoundling.com/2018/04/29/education-inequality/2018-04-29T17:04:26+00:00monthlyhttps://lastfoundling.com/2013/01/22/are-you-a-dog-irish-or-black/https://lastfoundling.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/burqa.jpgBURQAS: Prisons of dark drapes2018-04-15T09:17:55+00:00monthlyhttps://lastfoundling.com/2018/04/15/syria-end-game/2018-04-15T09:08:02+00:00monthlyhttps://lastfoundling.com/2018/01/07/negotiating-peace-to-win-ww2-sooner/https://lastfoundling.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/atomic-bomb.jpgBritain could have developed the atomic bomb first.2018-04-02T20:04:02+00:00monthlyhttps://lastfoundling.com/2018/02/18/we-should-embrace-britains-future-with-optimism/https://lastfoundling.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/boris-johnson.jpgBoris Johnson gave a profoundly serious and upbeat analysis of Britain's prospects post-Brexit last week.2018-04-02T20:03:10+00:00monthlyhttps://lastfoundling.com/2015/05/08/the-bomb-saved-us-all/https://lastfoundling.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/mushroom-cloud.jpgmushroom-cloudThough a quarter of a million of them would have to be sacrificed in the initial blast and its aftermath, it has been estimated that perhaps eight times that number would have perished on both sides before Japan could have been overcome by conventional means.2018-03-28T19:13:13+00:00monthlyhttps://lastfoundling.com/2018/01/21/tom-jones-is-the-antithesis-of-a-father/https://lastfoundling.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/tom-jones-jonathan-berkery.jpgTom-Jones-Jonathan-Berkery2022-12-11T23:36:58+00:00monthlyhttps://lastfoundling.com/2017/12/27/my-weapon-of-mass-destruction/https://lastfoundling.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/terror.jpgWe wouldn't find Mr Bean so funny if he actually shared the road with us.2018-01-07T22:06:03+00:00monthlyhttps://lastfoundling.com/2017/11/26/india-pakistan-partition/https://lastfoundling.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/frontier.jpgPAKISTAN-INDIA-KASHMIR-UNRESTPakistani Rangers (in Black) and Indian Border Security Force personnel (in Brown) perform the 'flag off' ceremony at the Pakistan-India Wagah Border Post Photo credit Arif Ali/AFP/Getty Images2017-11-26T21:24:15+00:00monthlyhttps://lastfoundling.com/2017/11/12/press-freedom-in-britain-still-cannot-shake-off-the-malign-shadows-of-max-mosley-and-other-celebrities/https://lastfoundling.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/leveson.jpgJudges Procession To Westminster Abbey To Mark The Start Of The Legal YearLONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 01: Lord Justice Leveson processes from Westminster Abbey to Parliament on October 1, 2013 in London, England. The start of the legal year is marked with a traditional religious service and procession from Westminster Abbey. The judges arrive from the Royal Courts of Justice for the service followed by a procession to The Houses of Parliament where the Lord Chancellor hosts a reception. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)2017-11-12T20:09:16+00:00monthlyhttps://lastfoundling.com/2017/06/19/turkey-should-be-embraced-not-scorned/https://lastfoundling.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/turkey-refugee-camp.jpgTurkey-refugee-campKilis, a refugee camp in Turkey near the Syrian border.2017-08-02T23:30:45+00:00monthlyhttps://lastfoundling.com/2017/08/02/prospects-for-britain-outside-eu/2017-08-02T23:30:09+00:00monthlyhttps://lastfoundling.com/2016/12/14/must-keith-vaz-die-before-the-police-act/https://lastfoundling.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/vazeline.jpgVazeline2017-07-29T14:36:27+00:00monthlyhttps://lastfoundling.com/2017/05/11/are-the-english-guilty-of-language-imperialism/2017-05-11T23:09:11+00:00monthlyhttps://lastfoundling.com/2017/03/04/dont-blame-immigrants-blame-the-government/https://lastfoundling.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/put-british-workers-first.jpgput-british-workers-firstWhere was the government's strategic planning?2017-04-23T19:18:36+00:00monthlyhttps://lastfoundling.com/contact-me/2017-04-09T20:28:09+00:00weekly0.6https://lastfoundling.com/2017/04/09/talking-with-students-from-the-hebrew-university-of-jerusalem/https://lastfoundling.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/img_0408.jpgIMG_0408https://lastfoundling.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/img_0404.jpgIMG_0404https://lastfoundling.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/img_0401.jpgIMG_0401https://lastfoundling.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/img_0400.jpgIMG_0400https://lastfoundling.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/img_0396.jpgIMG_0396https://lastfoundling.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/img_0392.jpgIMG_0392https://lastfoundling.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/img_0390.jpgIMG_0390https://lastfoundling.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/img_0389.jpgIMG_0389https://lastfoundling.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/img_0388.jpgIMG_0388https://lastfoundling.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/img_0387.jpgIMG_03872025-02-08T17:16:53+00:00monthlyhttps://lastfoundling.com/2012/01/25/a-black-box-in-every-car/https://lastfoundling.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/eye.jpgThe Eye of Providence2017-03-26T01:26:54+00:00monthlyhttps://lastfoundling.com/2016/09/12/trumps-moment-may-have-come-this-weekend-with-hillarys-collapse/https://lastfoundling.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/clinton-collapse.jpgclinton-collapseHillary can clearly be seen collapsing before being placed in the van at the 9/11 ceremony. Her head shaking and foot dragging point to a possible seizure. Is this linked to her brain clot in 2012?2016-11-27T20:20:14+00:00monthlyhttps://lastfoundling.com/2016/05/24/whatever-is-decided-on-23rd-june-the-show-will-go-on/https://lastfoundling.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/eu-referendum.jpgEU ReferendumReferendums may seem like a good idea and, doubtless, they have their place in a working democracy, but they have a way of polarizing society in a manner that general elections do not.2016-05-24T21:19:24+00:00monthlyhttps://lastfoundling.com/2016/05/01/ken-is-a-nazi-apologist-hitler-wasnt-mad-he-was-evil/2016-05-01T22:27:42+00:00monthlyhttps://lastfoundling.com/2016/03/27/to-brexit-or-not-to-brexit/https://lastfoundling.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/brexit.jpgBrexit2016-03-28T13:24:15+00:00monthlyhttps://lastfoundling.com/2015/06/18/was-napoleon-murdered-on-st-helena/https://lastfoundling.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/napoleon1.jpgnapoleon2016-02-14T19:10:23+00:00monthlyhttps://lastfoundling.com/2015/06/18/poem-hubris-at-waterloo/2016-02-14T18:50:16+00:00monthlyhttps://lastfoundling.com/2015/12/27/we-must-stop-flagellating-ourselves-over-the-sins-of-the-past-and-learn-to-live-with-them/https://lastfoundling.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/cecil-rhodes1.jpegCecil RhodesThe man who wanted British rule from the Cape to Cairo.2015-12-28T01:12:18+00:00monthlyhttps://lastfoundling.com/2015/10/13/longing-for-a-new-space-race/https://lastfoundling.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/water-on-mars.jpgWater on MarsDark narrow streaks called recurring slope lineae emanate out of the walls of Garni crater on Mars. The dark streaks here are up to few hundred meters in length. They are hypothesised to be formed by flow of briny liquid water on Mars.2015-11-11T20:29:54+00:00monthlyhttps://lastfoundling.com/2015/10/21/we-did-xi-jinping-proud/https://lastfoundling.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/xi-jinping.jpgXi JinpingI am glad that we did Xi Jinping and his lovely wife proud. The splendour of his welcome will be noted and very well received in China.2015-11-11T20:02:41+00:00monthlyhttps://lastfoundling.com/2015/10/04/well-done-plympton-gardeners-association/https://lastfoundling.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/flowerpot.jpgRidgeway Flowerpot2015-10-04T15:56:46+00:00monthlyhttps://lastfoundling.com/2015/08/25/lessons-from-our-hunter-gather-ancestors/https://lastfoundling.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/hunter-gather.jpghunter-gatherOur digestive system didn't evolve to work 24/7, which is what our present 'three square meals’ + snacks regime forces it to.2015-10-04T15:39:21+00:00monthlyhttps://lastfoundling.com/2015/07/01/the-epic-greek-tragedy-continues/https://lastfoundling.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/grexit.jpgIf the Greeks vote no, they face not just potential mayhem but a complete national shutdown. Yet the majority of economists actually believe this course would serve the country best.2015-08-27T19:03:34+00:00monthlyhttps://lastfoundling.com/2015/08/08/collective-madness-in-the-labour-party/https://lastfoundling.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/labourleaders.jpgLabour LeadersThere is a complete absence in the Labour leadership contest of what we like to call the ‘big beasts’. They're all minnows.2015-08-27T19:01:57+00:00monthlyhttps://lastfoundling.com/2015/07/18/schauble-needs-history-lesson/2015-08-26T16:05:33+00:00monthlyhttps://lastfoundling.com/2015/05/13/poor-hapless-miliband-and-his-ed-stone/https://lastfoundling.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/ed-stone.jpgEd StoneThe Ed Stone must have been ordered weeks before it was announced, all 2.6 metres and £30,000 worth of it. And the monster wasn't going to be installed at Labour party headquarters, but in the rose garden of Downing Street, for God's sake.2015-05-13T20:56:43+00:00monthlyhttps://lastfoundling.com/2015/05/06/clear-choice-in-this-election/2015-05-06T21:38:01+00:00monthlyhttps://lastfoundling.com/2015/04/05/flying-still-safest-way-to-travel/https://lastfoundling.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/tragedy-in-the-alps.jpgOne of the worst aspects of this terrible tragedy is that the grieving families of Flight 9525 passengers have a next to impossible task in recovering their loved ones among so mixed and fragmented a jumble. 2015-04-05T16:36:13+00:00monthlyhttps://lastfoundling.com/2015/03/17/richards-royal-reburial/https://lastfoundling.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/richard-tomb.jpg2015-03-18T18:36:47+00:00monthlyhttps://lastfoundling.com/2012/10/02/richard-deserves-justice/https://lastfoundling.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/richardiii.jpgRichard IIISOURCE: Encyclopædia Britannica2015-03-07T22:00:21+00:00monthlyhttps://lastfoundling.com/2012/11/01/we-have-vilified-a-progressive-and-enlightened-english-king-for-long-enough/https://lastfoundling.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/bosworth.jpgThe Battle of BosworthSOURCE: Edmund Bleigh2015-03-07T21:57:37+00:00monthlyhttps://lastfoundling.com/2015/03/07/why-is-labour-doing-so-well/https://lastfoundling.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/two-eds.jpgtwo edsLaurel and Hardy are seeking your vote.2015-03-07T19:11:12+00:00monthlyhttps://lastfoundling.com/2015/02/23/the-house-shortage-conspiracy/https://lastfoundling.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/osborne.jpgThe chancellor talks about helping people buy their own homes, but he knows which side his bread is buttered.2015-02-24T13:07:49+00:00monthlyhttps://lastfoundling.com/2015/01/22/gay-schools-arent-the-answer/https://lastfoundling.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/school-bus.jpgschool-busIf you remove certain sections of society from the mainstream you risk encouraging the majority to believe that they really don’t want to belong to the mainstream.2015-01-22T18:29:55+00:00monthlyhttps://lastfoundling.com/2015/01/01/an-exciting-year-awaits/https://lastfoundling.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/new-politics1.jpgNew PoliticsThe ruling class have failed properly to grasp the sheer scale and magnitude of public anger at them. Image © Steve Bell.2015-01-08T19:51:14+00:00monthlyhttps://lastfoundling.com/2014/12/11/beijing-fighting-tide-of-history/https://lastfoundling.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/hong-kong-protests.jpgHong Kong protestsA Tiananmen Square solution is no longer an option in this media savvy world.2014-12-27T16:56:42+00:00monthlyhttps://lastfoundling.com/2014/11/27/viva-las-vegas/https://lastfoundling.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/las-vegas.jpglas vegasI’ve always viewed Las Vegas as a totally artificial construct – something dumped in the middle of the desert and catering to the most vulgar, hedonistic, licentious and tasteless leanings of human nature. In many ways it is these things, but in other important ways it is a great deal more.2014-11-27T17:48:49+00:00monthlyhttps://lastfoundling.com/2014/09/10/making-the-case-for-the-union/https://lastfoundling.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/better-together.jpgBetter Together2014-11-29T18:06:57+00:00monthlyhttps://lastfoundling.com/2014/09/04/ashya-king-and-a-heavy-handed-state/https://lastfoundling.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/ashya-king.jpgAshya KingWe must hope now that the little boy wins through and is able once again to regain health and happiness.2014-09-08T12:03:06+00:00monthlyhttps://lastfoundling.com/2014/08/20/its-time-to-rewrite-the-history-books/2014-08-20T08:43:54+00:00monthlyhttps://lastfoundling.com/2014/08/13/oh-for-the-certainties-of-the-cold-war/https://lastfoundling.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/isis.jpgIsisEurope has shirked its responsibilities and find itself powerless to intervene with overwhelming force when a bunch of wild jihadists – too wild even for Al Qaeda – set up a terrorist state in the most volatile region of the world, from which we gain most of our energy supplies.2014-08-13T09:20:03+00:00monthlyhttps://lastfoundling.com/2014/07/17/incivility-in-the-21st-century/https://lastfoundling.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/loneliness.jpgLoneliness2014-08-03T23:20:51+00:00monthlyhttps://lastfoundling.com/2014/07/28/ensuring-a-sustainable-economic-recovery/2014-08-01T18:11:12+00:00monthlyhttps://lastfoundling.com/2014/07/21/we-have-introduced-a-virus-into-the-body-politic-of-china/https://lastfoundling.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/tank-man.jpgTiananmen SquareA state-sponsored collective amnesia has blanketed the Chinese people.2014-07-21T07:31:33+00:00monthlyhttps://lastfoundling.com/2014/07/02/must-the-axe-fall-on-our-flowers/https://lastfoundling.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/flowers.jpgflowers2014-07-02T08:37:03+00:00monthlyhttps://lastfoundling.com/2014/06/25/have-the-years-in-downing-street-addled-the-pms-brain/2023-08-05T15:44:49+00:00monthlyhttps://lastfoundling.com/2014/06/26/better-together-should-appeal-to-the-heart-as-well-as-the-head/2014-06-26T20:16:29+00:00monthlyhttps://lastfoundling.com/2014/04/23/better-the-devil-you-know/https://lastfoundling.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/aleppo.jpgAleppo, Syria’s largest city and commercial hub, has become a key battleground in the country’s protracted civil war as bombings continue day and night.2014-04-28T17:36:47+00:00monthlyhttps://lastfoundling.com/2014/02/24/chinas-debt-crisis/https://lastfoundling.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/china.jpgChinaChina's hypocrisy in abandoning Marxist economics to gain the fruits of the super-abundant capitalist table is breathtaking. 2014-03-09T17:28:49+00:00monthlyhttps://lastfoundling.com/2014/01/16/a-city-close-to-my-heart/https://lastfoundling.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/london.jpgA sad cityOrders had gone out from on high that, whatever happened elsewhere, Wren’s masterpiece must be saved.2014-01-26T20:37:02+00:00monthlyhttps://lastfoundling.com/2013/12/19/a-world-without-wwi/https://lastfoundling.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/colonial-map.jpgColonial MapA Different World2014-01-04T15:31:34+00:00monthlyhttps://lastfoundling.com/2014/01/03/may-we-live-in-interesting-times-2/https://lastfoundling.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/recovery.pngRecoverySooner or later, our fast-expanding economy will start feeding through into pay packets.2014-01-03T15:03:33+00:00monthlyhttps://lastfoundling.com/2013/09/30/the-germany-uk-axis/2013-10-07T21:09:11+00:00monthlyhttps://lastfoundling.com/2013/03/28/canny-scots-should-see-through-humbug/https://lastfoundling.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/alex-salmond1.jpgAlex SalmondAlex Salmond is not a man of high principal, but rather one who fancies a grander title than that of First Minister.2013-06-21T21:44:59+00:00monthlyhttps://lastfoundling.com/2013/06/07/is-this-the-future-of-law-enforcement/https://lastfoundling.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/robocop.jpgRobocopThe clear-up rate in the last 50 years has fallen from 47 per cent to 28 per cent. Why did we waste all that money on gadgetry?2013-06-07T22:32:36+00:00monthlyhttps://lastfoundling.com/2013/05/27/its-time-to-home-in-on-a-recovery/https://lastfoundling.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/house-building.jpghouse-buildingOur housing stock has greatly to be increased.2013-05-27T19:59:07+00:00monthlyhttps://lastfoundling.com/2013/05/14/dam-busters/https://lastfoundling.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/mohne-dam.jpgMöhne dam2013-05-19T22:25:19+00:00monthlyhttps://lastfoundling.com/2013/04/25/a-shift-of-power-in-eu-corridors/https://lastfoundling.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/camerkel.pngCamerkel2013-05-06T12:07:09+00:00monthlyhttps://lastfoundling.com/2013/05/04/we-have-fallen-short-on-honour/https://lastfoundling.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/lindsay-sandiford2.jpgLindsay SandifordLindsay Sandiford lost her appeal last month over the British Government's refusal to fund her legal challenge against a death sentence.2013-05-05T00:26:09+00:00monthlyhttps://lastfoundling.com/2013/04/18/our-greatest-20th-century-premier/https://lastfoundling.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/thatcher.pngThatcher has for all time proved – with her competence, drive, bravery and vision – that women are truly the equal of men.2013-04-19T15:09:43+00:00monthlyhttps://lastfoundling.com/2013/03/02/can-the-planet-sustain-14-billion-people/https://lastfoundling.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/water.jpgClimate change is going to hit the poorest hardest2013-04-13T19:29:39+00:00monthlyhttps://lastfoundling.com/2013/04/04/cypriot-euro-raid-proves-banks-cannot-be-trusted/https://lastfoundling.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/cyprus-eu.jpgThe actions of Cyprus' powerful masters to curb the country's excesses has sent shock waves not just across Europe, but the entire world.2013-04-13T15:43:28+00:00monthlyhttps://lastfoundling.com/2013/04/11/philpott-represents-all-that-is-despicable-about-our-species/https://lastfoundling.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/philpott1.jpgPhilpottPhilpott represents all that is despicable in our species.2013-04-13T14:17:53+00:00monthlyhttps://lastfoundling.com/2013/03/24/queen-elizabeth-ii-must-set-the-seal-on-this-final-verdict-of-history/https://lastfoundling.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/richard-iii.pngReconstruction of Richard III's faceA reconstruction of King Richard III based on his skeletal remains. Image courtesy of Richard III Society.2013-03-24T20:58:05+00:00monthlyhttps://lastfoundling.com/2013/03/08/mid-staffs-is-a-man-made-scandal/https://lastfoundling.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nicholson.pngFish rot from the head2013-03-09T00:16:45+00:00monthlyhttps://lastfoundling.com/2013/02/10/a-poisonous-legacy/https://lastfoundling.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/tony-blair.jpgHistory will not be kind to Tony Blair2013-03-08T22:43:52+00:00monthlyhttps://lastfoundling.com/2013/01/15/buried-spitfires-in-burma/2013-01-20T13:01:39+00:00monthlyhttps://lastfoundling.com/2012/04/05/argentine-obsession/https://lastfoundling.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/falklands.jpgFalklands2013-01-11T23:40:39+00:00monthlyhttps://lastfoundling.com/2012/12/28/dont-be-a-little-englander/https://lastfoundling.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/eu-and-uk-flags.jpgWe cannot hope to control the EU from the outside2012-12-29T23:02:20+00:00monthlyhttps://lastfoundling.com/2012/11/17/the-bbc-deserves-better-than-patten/https://lastfoundling.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/patten.jpgPATTEN PENDING: Is a man as ineffective and compromised as Patten the right man to sort the BBC out?2012-12-23T16:17:12+00:00monthlyhttps://lastfoundling.com/2012/12/15/plymouth-is-weathering-the-storm/https://lastfoundling.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/princess-yachts.jpgPrincess Yachts is recession-proof2012-12-15T23:48:41+00:00monthlyhttps://lastfoundling.com/2012/12/09/children-need-love-not-red-tape/https://lastfoundling.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/holding-hands.jpgBlack and coloured children are the hardest of all to place.2012-12-12T14:37:55+00:00monthlyhttps://lastfoundling.com/2012/08/28/europes-litterbugs-need-bins/https://lastfoundling.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/litter1.jpgCouncils should provide more bins2012-12-02T16:44:19+00:00monthlyhttps://lastfoundling.com/2012/11/29/only-free-press-holds-powerful-to-account/https://lastfoundling.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/leveson.jpgBrian LevesonSOURCE: REUTERS2012-12-02T12:50:56+00:00monthlyhttps://lastfoundling.com/2012/11/22/is-it-time-for-real-change-in-the-police-force/https://lastfoundling.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/john-prescott.jpgTwo Jags' supporters couldn't be bothered to stir themselves from the warmth of their slumbers on that cold November day2012-11-24T18:59:57+00:00monthlyhttps://lastfoundling.com/2012/11/08/we-must-get-our-railways-back-on-track/https://lastfoundling.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/trains.jpgOur trains are too expensive and all too often overcrowded2012-11-11T19:13:36+00:00monthlyhttps://lastfoundling.com/2011/04/18/welcome-to-my-blog/2012-11-11T18:41:52+00:00monthlyhttps://lastfoundling.com/2012/02/22/weighty-matter-of-elected-police-chiefs/https://lastfoundling.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/1336089.jpg13360892012-11-04T22:01:07+00:00monthlyhttps://lastfoundling.com/2012/10/24/get-down-to-the-gym-boys/https://lastfoundling.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/police.jpgObesity is an area that the new elected police commissioners could addressSOURCE: Rex Features2012-11-04T18:48:12+00:00monthlyhttps://lastfoundling.com/2011/08/11/riots/2023-08-27T05:32:50+00:00monthlyhttps://lastfoundling.com/2012/10/20/where-does-the-blame-lie-for-wwi/https://lastfoundling.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/wwi-trenches.jpgHell on Earth2014-11-29T23:11:43+00:00monthlyhttps://lastfoundling.com/2012/10/14/british-weather-dont-knock-it/https://lastfoundling.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/hoe.jpgThe Plymouth Hoe waterfront2012-10-15T18:51:07+00:00monthlyhttps://lastfoundling.com/2012/06/20/dysfunctional-families/https://lastfoundling.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/nesbitt4.jpgTV's Rab C. Nesbitt is no role model2012-09-28T20:29:39+00:00monthlyhttps://lastfoundling.com/2012/03/26/defusing-nhs-timebomb/https://lastfoundling.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/plymouth-life-centre1.jpgPlymouth Life Centre2012-09-25T18:28:39+00:00monthlyhttps://lastfoundling.com/2012/09/24/mind-those-plebs/https://lastfoundling.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/thrasher-michell.jpgAndrew "Thrasher" MichellSOURCE: London Evening Standard2012-09-24T20:46:16+00:00monthlyhttps://lastfoundling.com/2012/09/18/cinema-is-winning-the-fight-against-piracy/https://lastfoundling.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/singin-in-the-rain3.jpgSingin' in the Rain2012-09-23T18:32:18+00:00monthlyhttps://lastfoundling.com/2012/09/12/legacy-should-re-ignite-british-pride/https://lastfoundling.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/olympics-logo1.jpegOlympics logo2012-09-17T20:49:04+00:00monthlyhttps://lastfoundling.com/2012/08/01/child-abuse-takes-many-forms/https://lastfoundling.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/fat-child.jpgChild abuse takes many forms2012-09-09T20:21:18+00:00monthlyhttps://lastfoundling.com/2012/09/08/doomed-to-mediocrity/https://lastfoundling.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/plymouth-airport.jpg Plymouth City Council intervened to purchase the struggling Plymouth Argyle FC’s football stadium, while the airport was deemed unviable and allowed to close.2012-09-07T23:11:11+00:00monthlyhttps://lastfoundling.com/2012/08/14/bankers-can-learn-from-team-gb/https://lastfoundling.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/fred-the-shred.jpgFred Goodwin is still enjoying a £400k per year pension plan2012-08-15T14:40:40+00:00monthlyhttps://lastfoundling.com/2012/08/07/the-cruel-deception/https://lastfoundling.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/graduate.jpgPrizes for all2012-08-09T21:48:29+00:00monthlyhttps://lastfoundling.com/2012/01/12/two-pronged-way-to-lose-weight/https://lastfoundling.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/success1.jpgSuccess storyhttps://lastfoundling.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/success.jpgSuccess storyhttps://lastfoundling.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/untitled-1.jpgSuccess story2012-08-05T20:57:00+00:00monthlyhttps://lastfoundling.com/2012/07/24/greatest-show-on-earth/https://lastfoundling.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/wiggins1.pngWigginshttps://lastfoundling.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/wiggins.pngBradley Wiggins' historic achievement at the Tour de France 20122012-07-26T23:36:49+00:00monthlyhttps://lastfoundling.com/2012/05/01/shameless-bankers/https://lastfoundling.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/gordon-gekko.pngGordon Gekko would be proud2012-07-26T11:37:25+00:00monthlyhttps://lastfoundling.com/2012/07/17/pr-obsessed-leaders-dont-cut-the-mustard/https://lastfoundling.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/cameregg1.jpgIs keeping the Lib Dems onside worth splitting his party for2012-07-17T20:31:08+00:00monthlyhttps://lastfoundling.com/2012/07/10/diet-that-dares-not-speak-its-name/https://lastfoundling.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/1978-slimming-awards.jpg1978 Slimming Awards2012-07-19T21:15:14+00:00monthlyhttps://lastfoundling.com/2012/06/24/acts-of-civic-vandalism/2012-07-08T18:50:04+00:00monthlyhttps://lastfoundling.com/2012/07/03/mod-does-not-deserve-such-fighting-men/https://lastfoundling.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/bomber-command-memorial.jpgThe long overdue Bomber Command Memorial2012-07-08T18:48:46+00:00monthlyhttps://lastfoundling.com/2012/07/04/a-triumph-for-mankind/https://lastfoundling.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/lhc.jpgLHC2012-07-05T00:17:18+00:00monthlyhttps://lastfoundling.com/2012/02/05/plympton-library/https://lastfoundling.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/2012-04-10-13-14-17.jpgThe new Plympton Library2012-07-03T09:57:17+00:00monthlyhttps://lastfoundling.com/2012/06/12/if-it-aint-broke-dont-fix-it/https://lastfoundling.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/traffic-lights.jpgTraffic lightshttps://lastfoundling.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/pothole.jpgGet rid of potholes, not roundabouts2012-06-18T00:37:18+00:00monthlyhttps://lastfoundling.com/2012/06/06/a-train-crash-in-slow-motion/https://lastfoundling.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/euro-crisis.jpgEuro crisis2012-06-09T22:03:09+00:00monthlyhttps://lastfoundling.com/2012/05/31/growing-ourselves-out-of-a-hole/https://lastfoundling.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/construction.jpgBuilding out of a hole2012-06-01T00:42:59+00:00monthlyhttps://lastfoundling.com/2012/05/22/skivers-wont-turn-around-our-fortunes/https://lastfoundling.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/580_image_welfare_reform.jpgWelfare reform2012-05-31T20:27:02+00:00monthlyhttps://lastfoundling.com/2012/05/08/leading-by-example/https://lastfoundling.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/credit-cards.jpgRaining down on us like confetti2012-05-08T19:23:18+00:00monthlyhttps://lastfoundling.com/2012/04/17/heavy-price-for-insurrection/https://lastfoundling.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/riots.jpgLeaping for lifehttps://lastfoundling.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/hamza.jpgPreacher of death, Abu Hamza2012-04-30T23:17:21+00:00monthlyhttps://lastfoundling.com/2012/04/26/demise-of-titans/https://lastfoundling.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/cowell.pngSimon Cowell2012-04-30T22:44:28+00:00monthlyhttps://lastfoundling.com/2012/04/10/marshall-plan-for-pigs/https://lastfoundling.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/merkel.jpgMerkel on Newsnighthttps://lastfoundling.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/greek-riots.jpgGreek riots2012-04-10T17:47:24+00:00monthlyhttps://lastfoundling.com/2012/03/20/words-can-hurt/https://lastfoundling.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/words-can-hurt.jpgWords can hurt2012-03-20T22:20:55+00:00monthlyhttps://lastfoundling.com/2012/03/17/degrade-the-taliban-to-the-max/https://lastfoundling.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/afghan.jpgAfghanistan2012-03-17T23:47:58+00:00monthlyhttps://lastfoundling.com/2012/02/29/death-by-mouse-clicks/https://lastfoundling.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/e75957a6392943b5ccb53aab5c268687-wix_mp.gifDeath by a million mouse clickshttps://lastfoundling.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/birmingham_northern_rock_bank_run_2007.jpgQueues of depositors2012-03-17T21:06:46+00:00monthlyhttps://lastfoundling.com/2012/03/09/accused-without-charge/https://lastfoundling.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/170px-magna_charta_cum_statutis_angliae_p1.jpgMagna Carta2012-03-17T12:18:15+00:00monthlyhttps://lastfoundling.com/2011/08/04/balancing-on-a-knife-edge/2012-03-17T12:08:24+00:00monthlyhttps://lastfoundling.com/2011/12/20/hey-look-to/2012-03-27T22:18:47+00:00monthlyhttps://lastfoundling.com/2012/02/01/war-on-motorists-far-from-over/https://lastfoundling.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/c_67_article_2038259_body_articleblock_0_bodyimage.jpgThe war on motorists rages on2012-02-01T15:05:01+00:00monthlyhttps://lastfoundling.com/2012/01/16/the-scots-are-bigger-than-salmond-supposes/https://lastfoundling.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/alex-salmond_2108806b.jpgScotland deserves better than the opportunistic, smarmy Alex Salmond.https://lastfoundling.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/57845547_scotland.jpg_57845547_scotland2012-01-21T11:23:18+00:00monthlyhttps://lastfoundling.com/2011/12/28/not-so-fast-huhne/https://lastfoundling.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/huhne_1636542c.jpgHuhne is widely despised at Westminster and 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