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“You’re an errand boy, sent by grocery clerks, to collect a bill.” Colonel Kurtz (Brando) When Francis Ford Coppola introduced his film “Apocalypse Now” at the Cannes Film Festival before its screening, he said, “My film is not about Vietnam, it is Vietnam.” He then added, “Little by little we went insane.” Indeed they did. […]
The state is making a huge power grab, and it won’t be giving it up
The pandemic has sanctioned a massive expansion in the state, unlikely to be reversed - big government is back
9 February 2021 • 7:00pm
First it was lockdown, then it was test and trace, then vaccines, and now total isolation from the rest of the world, on pain of 10 years imprisonment for travellers who fail to disclose they’ve been to a country on the Government’s red list.
Like a constantly receding destination, salvation from the wretched virus is seemingly always just beyond the horizon, one last heave away from success.