Snowden
BY ANDREW MOODY To many liberal Americans, Edward Snowden is a hero. To others (like Presidents Obama and Trump) he is a traitor who should be executed. In left wing auteur Oliver Stone’s weak film adaptation of the NSA whistle blower’s life and career, the very important and difficult job of National Security is treated like an all-powerful version of S.P.E.C.T.R.E and Snowden is portrayed … Continue reading Snowden
Brexit Versailles
BY PAUL NEWALL Anyone who holds a patriotic love of this country like me, is often seen to be sat shaking their head at the latest report on TV concerning the Brexit process. Theresa May seems to enter each round of negotiations waving a large white flag while our European allies extract a deal that makes Versailles look like a fair and balanced conclusion to a minor … Continue reading Brexit Versailles
Bees Knees Cocktail
Ingredients: 50ml Gin 2 tsp honey 20ml fresh lemon juice 20ml fresh orange juice Mint leaf to garnish Method: Add gin and honey to a shaker and stir until the honey dissolves. Add the lemon and orange juice and top up with ice. Shake well. Strain into a martini glass. Garnish with a sprig of mint. As an alternative, try pouring the cocktail on the … Continue reading Bees Knees Cocktail
Remembrance Sunday 2018
VICAR Dear Readers of Country Squire Magazine, I trust that You and your loved ones are well. I do not feel that I need to add to the much-publicised Remembrance Day messages, which are ubiquitous this year one hundred years on from WW1 and Armistice. Please at 11 a.m. take some time to ponder. The Armistice of Compiègne from the place where it was signed, … Continue reading Remembrance Sunday 2018
White Poppy Cowards
BY JACK KENNAUGH Those who wear white poppies are cowards. They have every right to choose to wear that symbol. But they are cowards none the less. They have chosen to ignore the warnings of history and tint the past through their own warped glass. Imagine being at the Somme, Ypres, or Passchendaele. People make flippant remarks about Hell on Earth. But it existed 100 … Continue reading White Poppy Cowards
The RSPB & Foxes
BY NIGEL BEAN (& PAUL READ) A couple of years back I wrote a series of articles on the part the RSPB played in helping Labour obtain a hunt ban in 2004. Today I sit back with a metaphorical cigar while reading in newspapers that supporters are now refusing to renew their membership and animal rights protesters even forced them to take down their stand … Continue reading The RSPB & Foxes
Do the Lib Dems Still Exist?
BY JOHN ISMAEL Whatever happened to the Liberal Democrats? That bastion of a political party that brought us Jeremy Thorpe, Cyril Smith, Mark Oaten and Lord Rennard? Just a few years ago Nick Clegg and his party comprised a significant part of the cabinet. They were part of the political furniture. Remember names like David Laws, Simon Hughes, Ed Davey and Danny Alexander? Regulars on … Continue reading Do the Lib Dems Still Exist?
Cream of Turkey & Wild Rice Soup
Ingredients: 1 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil 2 cups sliced mushrooms, ¾ cup chopped celery ¾ cup chopped carrots ¼ cup chopped shallots ¼ cup all-purpose flour ¼ tsp salt ¼ tsp freshly ground pepper 4 cups chicken broth 1 cup quick-cooking or instant wild rice 3 cups shredded cooked chicken, or turkey ½ cup sour cream 2 tbsp chopped fresh parsley Method: Heat oil in … Continue reading Cream of Turkey & Wild Rice Soup
Free Speech’s Fair Weather Friends
BY SAM HOOPER A society which looks to the state to deliver retribution for non-harmful offensive speech is a society which no longer values a core tenet of liberal democracy. The battle for free speech is won or lost at the margins, which means that those who call themselves advocates of free speech without being able to point to a history of defending deeply offensive … Continue reading Free Speech’s Fair Weather Friends
