Tag Archives: science

Human accomplishment and the English

Posted on April 12, 2011 by

Robert Henderson In  his  book  “Human  Accomplishment”   the  American  Charles  Murray calculates  the  contribution  to  civilisation  made  by   individuals throughout  history  up until 1950.  To give his calculations  as  much objectivity  as possible he measures  the amount of attention given  … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture, Nationhood, World influence | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

England and the rejection of violence

Posted on March 6, 2011 by

Why was England so different from other countries in its political, social and economic  development?  How was it that only in England did parliamentary government evolve and the one and only bootstrapped industrial revolution arise?  Perhaps much of the  answer  lies  in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture, Nationhood, Politics, World influence | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

How Thatcher became the useful idiot of the education progressives

Posted on January 14, 2011 by

When Margaret Thatcher came to power many thought she would attempt to undo the damage of the comprehensive experiment and progressive methods, damage which was already visible. In her 11 years in power she not only failed to repair the … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture, Nationhood, Politics | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

English education and the great grade inflation fraud

Posted on January 12, 2011 by

English education has suffered greatly from its politicisation in the liberal internationalist interest, but even more fundamental damage was done by progressive teaching methods which failed to provide many children with an adequate grasp the three ‘Rs’ (and left a depressing number … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture, Nationhood, Politics | Tagged , , , , , , , | 6 Comments

The great anti-patriot

Posted on January 10, 2011 by

The news that the singer-songwriter (I use the term with extreme laxity) Billy Bragg has been the subject of  mail which has the temerity to point out the disjunction between his ostensible political views and his manner of life. Headed “The … Continue reading →

Posted in Anglophobia, Immigration, Nationhood | Tagged , , , , , | 3 Comments

English education, immigration and political correctness

Posted on January 4, 2011 by

What allowed progressive education to go from being a primarily a method and philosophy of teaching to a potent political ideology was mass immigration.  Originally the progressive view of immigrants was that they must be assimilated into English society.  When … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture, Nationhood, Politics | Tagged , , , , , , , | 6 Comments

English education and the triumph of the progressives

Posted on January 3, 2011 by

By the time the second Wilson government was elected in 1974, progressive education had gone a fair way to obtaining the stranglehold it  has today and to developing from an educational theory into a political doctrine. Progressive or child-centred educational theories … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture, Nationhood, Politics | Tagged , , , | 1 Comment

English education: the roots of its politicisation

Posted on December 31, 2010 by

When I left school in the mid-sixties the Empire was effectively finished – the final nail in the coffin of imperial feeling was banged in by our entry into the EU in 1972,  which alienated the  white dominions – and … Continue reading →

Posted in Anglophobia, Culture, Immigration, Nationhood, Politics | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

English education in saner times

Posted on December 30, 2010 by

I was born in 1947. Never, perhaps, has England (and Britain) been more of a coherent community.  The dramatic recent experience of the Second World War  filled the minds of everyone  and that  shared experience  bound together even more tightly  … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture, Immigration, Nationhood, Politics | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

England was wealthy long before the Empire and the Slave Trade

Posted on December 22, 2010 by

Researchers at Warwick University led by  economist Professor Stephen Broadberry have concluded that Mediaeval England,  far from being a land of poverty-stricken peasants oppressed by a small aristocratic  elite,  was a prosperous land with a higher average per capita income … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture, Economics, Nationhood, World influence | Tagged , , , | 4 Comments