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Tag: Robert Peston

WTF?? – Robert Peston – Quotes

On October 27, 2018April 10, 2020 By bookskepticIn QuotesLeave a comment

The votes for Trump and Brexit were not the ignorant mistakes of the misguided. They were declarations by millions of families that they will no longer tolerate the countries they love being run against their values and economic interests by a self-renewing elite. The surge in the vote for Corbyn also has to be seen …

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WTF?? – Robert Peston

On October 24, 2018April 10, 2020 By bookskepticIn Reviews3 Comments

Every once in a while I decide to read a book about current economics and politics. In my daily life I firmly decided to insulate myself from the news, reading it costs me too much, I become agitated, angry and bitter over things I cannot influence (I do vote, if you wondered, so I exercise …

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July round-up

On August 1, 2018May 5, 2019 By bookskepticIn Thoughts3 Comments

July was a busy month, I have been with my mum to a Rolling Stones concert in Warsaw, which was amazing despite absolutely horrible acoustics in the stadium (but then who came up with the idea of stadium concerts is beyond me, clearly they are designed to echo). Then on the following weekend I happened …

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Waterstone’s Greenwich – 12 bookshops for 12 months – June

On July 7, 2018March 6, 2020 By bookskepticIn Thoughts4 Comments

June is my cheat month, I was supposed to go to Word on the Water, but the limited space deterred me, so I decided to swap that for my local bookshop. It is a chain, I know, but I still like it. The last Saturday in June was an absolutely beautiful day and we walked …

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