Sounds good to me. Let's have the same system here.

Paul,

Moldy old material ?! Moldy ?! How dare you,sir ! Actually, in its original condition, the writing wasn't so much mouldy as either smudged to blazes, or faded almost to nothingness, either way very hard to decipher. Old-fashioned ink, old-fashioned paper.

Good trick, Paul: to pull two unconnected issues together and then demand that someone explains how they are connected. No, I don't know how the nine thousand letters of the SA Protector could have any bearing on Switzerland. But I'm open to your suggestions, since you have brought it up :)

Cheers,

Joe

Back to topic: here's an article on the views of the new British PM, Theresa may, on Islamism, the slow imposition of Shari'a law, and terrorism generally, from Clarion, a brilliant web-site:

https://www.clarionproject.org/news/5-things-you-need-know-about-britains-new-prime-minister

I don't think the Review mentioned has yet published its findings.

Joe

Not to mention that Theresa May has just installed the lying, cheating, tousled-haired dingbat, Boris Johnson, as Foreign Secretary...giving rise to audible guffaws the world over.

She's a beauty is Theresa - further right than Cameron - the poor old UK goes down like a mastodon thrashing in a tar pit.

Hi Poirot,

Yes, May and the Conservatives are Right-wing all right. Are you willing to suggest that Islamism is to the Left of May ? And that the fracturing of women's rights in Britain, on the basis of whether or not they are Muslim, is somehow Left-wing ?

I respectfully beg to differ: I think that Islamism, and Shari'a, are far, far to the Right of the Conservatives, and on those grounds, that the Conservative party should be supported if it comes down hard on Shari'a and Islamism. What do you reckon ?

As well, you may be interested in this, from French philosopher Pascal Bruckner:

"All of the ultra-left is fascinated by the eruptive power of jihadism. This alliance has been theorised by the Socialist Workers' Party in England: under certain conditions, the alliance with Muslims - even if reactionary or retrograde - is necessary in order to shake up the fortress of capitalism. Since we have missed out with the proletariat, the Third World, we have to bring this about through this sacrificial monotheism in which the faithful form a substitute-proletariat. This is what is called 'Islamo-leftism."

Cheers,

Joe

"I respectfully beg to differ: I think that Islamism, and Shari'a, are far, far to the Right of the Conservatives, and on those grounds, that the Conservative party should be supported if it comes down hard on Shari'a and Islamism. What do you reckon ?"

What do I reckon?

I reckon you should make a beeline for Graham's latest thread at the top of the page.

It tells the fascinating story of how the US, UK and Oz destabilised an entire region by bombing the you know what out of Iraq...and how all the folks fleeing bombs provided by arms manufacturers the world over have descended on Europe...and how all we put-upon Euro-Anglos don't like it one bit.

Off you go...no-one else has commented yet : )