Category Archives: Democracy

Let the Majority Speak!

Posted on March 28, 2021 by davidsprott

It’s not just in Ireland that minorities seem to hold sway. It happens worldwide in democracies. Today it’s evident that this policy is the new normal everywhere. It applies increasingly to Covid19 but equally climate change where it’s also a major challenge because there are many lobbyists that continue to peddle climate nonsense as unchallengeable fact. Continue reading →

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Tell me No Lies,

Posted on March 11, 2021 by davidsprott

“Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not to his own facts.” Daniel Patrick Moynihan This post is also available as a podcast: Over the past few years I have commented frequently on what many of us believe is … Continue reading →

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Democracy is not a fragile flower still it needs cultivating.

Posted on January 20, 2021 by davidsprott

Well it’s been one hell of a ride! I remember talking to a good friend and colleague almost exactly four years ago. He lives in the greater DC area and does a lot of government business, so I listened hard. … Continue reading →

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The Party’s Over. Time for Adults in the Room to Take Charge

Posted on November 6, 2020 by davidsprott

In the 1990s I lived and worked in Dallas, Texas. I was product manager for the world leading software development tool for corporate systems and part of a large, high performing team. Looking back, it was clear most of the … Continue reading →

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Pandemic Fatigue breaks out in Ireland. And it’s all the government’s fault!

Posted on October 20, 2020 by davidsprott

It appears that much of Europe is struggling to contain the Coronavirus. Countries that did well in the Spring are heading back into lockdown. Last night here in Ireland we heard the official confirmation of what had been an open … Continue reading →

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Brexit Warfare on LBC provides real insight into what’s happening.

Posted on August 9, 2019 by davidsprott

James O’Brien keeps banging on about how leave voters must see that the promises made will not be kept. But he’s not smelling the coffee! Leave voters want change, and any change. In fact they see chaos as being highly desirable, even though it may hurt them personally. Now in Johnson they have a Prime Minister who is promising change will occur. And Johnson is himself chaotic. He can’t be trusted, but that’s clearly irrelevant. He can be trusted to make change even if it doesn’t work out. The ordinary workers now see that some sort of change will happen. And THAT’s what they voted for. Continue reading →

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Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.

Posted on February 20, 2019 by davidsprott

It’s always a pleasure to return to Berlin to look after the grandchildren. Even if they don’t really need any “looking after” it’s great to spend (so called) quality time with them, as well as continuing our exploration of this … Continue reading →

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Nervous Breakdown Britain

Posted on February 16, 2019 by davidsprott

Just hours after I penned this piece, I hear that Angela Merkel has doubled down on the tough EU negotiating position. She is reported to have told Leo Varadkar, “ . . a hard border has to be on the table in … Continue reading →

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On the Border

Posted on August 31, 2018 by davidsprott

You can drive to one of the most historically significant memorials in Europe in under an hour from where we are staying in Eastern Austria. And yet most of us will be unfamiliar with the name – Sopron, a small … Continue reading →

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Brexit gets Personal

Posted on March 16, 2018 by davidsprott

In today’s world talk is cheap and words often mean nothing. In Theresa May’s speech on future UK-EU relations 2 March, she said referring to the EU, “We know what we want. We understand your principles. We have a shared … Continue reading →

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