COLLECTIVE MADNESS
“Soft despotism is a term coined by Alexis de Tocqueville describing the state into which a country overrun by "a network of small complicated rules" might degrade. Soft despotism is different from despotism (also called 'hard despotism') in the sense that it is not obvious to the people."
'ear ! 'ear !!
ReplyDeleteAn' we 'ad a 'uge turn-up !!
They still love Churchill.
DeleteI wonder if it's something with the climate ?
DeleteCertainly seems to be a high percentage of baldies among those lads.
And, no, you won't find that on BBC.
DeleteI know, I watch it once in while, and it sucks.
The bloody British upper classes seemed to be lacking.
DeleteBut then they aren't the backbone of the nation.
ReplyDeleteIRVING, Texas, Oct. 13, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Luminant, a subsidiary of Vistra Energy (NYSE: VST), today announced that it will close two coal-fueled power plants in Central Texas: its two-unit Sandow Power Plant in Milam County and its two-unit Big Brown Power Plant in Freestone County. In total, approximately 2,300 MW of nameplate power will be taken offline in early 2018.
These two plants are economically challenged in the competitive ERCOT market. Sustained low wholesale power prices, an oversupplied renewable generation market, and low natural gas prices, along with other factors, have contributed to this decision
ReplyDeletePARIS (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron assured Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Friday of France’s commitment to the 2015 Iranian nuclear deal, Macron’s office said