There are multiple reasons why proclaiming to be a genuine conservative (note the small ‘c’) whilst supporting rioting and separatism in Hong Kong are mutually exclusive positions. Most apparently, seeing as social conservatism is built upon the foundation of respect for law and order and a complete rejection of mob […]
There are multiple reasons why proclaiming to be a genuine conservative (note the small ‘c’) whilst supporting rioting and separatism in Hong Kong are mutually exclusive positions. Most apparently, seeing as social conservatism is built upon the foundation of respect for law and order and a complete rejection of mob […]
Transparency International has released the 2018 Corruption Perceptions Index which ranks the nations of the world by widely held perceptions regarding corruption in the public sector. Of note is the fact that the top ten nations and beyond all have parliamentary political systems while the bottom ten and beyond each […]
Not since Rizal has The Philippines produced a major national figure who prioritises internal development over aligning with one or multiple external powers as is the case in respect of President Rodrigo Duterte. As such, Duterte cannot be said to be for or against China nor the United States but […]
Prior to the age of recorded sound, there was a generally unspoken though occasionally referenced division between folk music and art music. The primary distinctions were that whilst art music was written, performed and composed by professionals (or semi-professionals), was theoretically rigorous and owed much of its origins to sacramental […]
In a civilised environment, political arguments can be made without losing personal respect among the adversarial parties. Likewise, in a civilised environment, one is able to debate the facts rather than simply attack the real or perceived characteristics of those making the arguments. To do otherwise is to descend into […]
When Hillary Clinton Tweeted her hardline support for the Hong Kong rioters just hours after they conducted an ISIS style torture of a Global Times journalist inside an airport, the world could have and should have breathed a sigh of relief. The seemingly counter-intuitive sigh of relief should have been […]
Something is rotten in the land of Magna Carta. Whilst the events which transpired at Runnymede in 1215 have indeed set in motion a tradition in which liberty has tended to expand rather than contract, two world wars and one Tony Blair later and liberty is once again on the […]
Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan has issued a stark warning that the appeasing of Narendra Modi’s expansionist, sectarianism and Hindutva supremacist march on annexed Jammu and Kashmir will result in the proliferation of genocide with Kashmiris being the first and foremost victims. In his admonition of global indifference in the […]