David West

Iceland - David West On the 8th of March, 1844, the Althing, Iceland’s parliament, reopened after 45 years of closure. Judging by AI’s painting it seems to be a

Iceland

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Labour urged to listen to progressive voters or face ‘political earthquake’ in London Exclusive: Senior party figures share data suggesting Green surge could put Labour in fourth place in capital in May

Labour urged to listen to progressive voters or face ‘political earthquake’ in London

Senior party figures share data suggesting Green surge could put Labour in fourth place in capital in May

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Telephone - David West On the 7th of March, 1876, Alexander Graham Bell was granted a patent for his invention of the telephone. I haven’t always been a great fan

Was that the telephone?

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Treaty of Paris - David West On the 6th of March, 1323, the Treaty of Paris was signed. Paris is quite an important city, so as you might expect there have been dozens

Treaty of Paris

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Frederick I Barbarossa - David West On the 4th of March, 1152, Frederick I Barbarossa was elected King of Germany. I have posted about Barbarossa before, but in the context of

Barbarossa

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Florida - David West Florida was admitted as the 27th U.S. state on the 3rd of March, 1845. Florida is by far the U.S. state that I have spend the most time in

Florida

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Yellowstone - David West On the 1st of March, 1872, Yellowstone National Park was established as the world’s first national park. Yellowstone National Park is one

Yellowstone

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Aztec - David West On the 28th of February, 1525, the Aztec King Cuauhtémoc was executed on the order of the conquistador Hernán Cortés. I have written about

Aztec

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Labour Party - David West On the 27th of February, well, I fear I’m running out of history. King Henry IV of France was crowned, but I’ve covered him. Lord Byron

The Labour Party

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Anderson Shelter - David West On the 25th of February, 1939, the first Anderson Shelter was constructed in a garden in Islington. I remember when I was a child that

Anderson Shelter

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Sheridan - David West On the 24th of February, 1809, London’s Drury Lane Theatre burnt to the ground leaving its owner, Richard Brinsley Sheridan destitute.

Sheridan

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The Alamo - David West The Alamo is a film that I watched so many times as a child. My parents were both great fans of John Wayne.

The Alamo

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Battle of Toulon - David West The Battle of Toulon began on the 22nd of February, 1744, as a result of which several Royal Navy captains were court-martialed

Battle of Toulon

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First Finnish War - David West On the 21st of February, 1808, Russian troops crossed the border at Abborfors in Eastern Finland into Swedish territory and starting

First Finnish War

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Shetland - David West On the 20th of February, 1472, Orkney and Shetland were pawned by Norway to Scotland. My first job after Oxford was with Foster Wheeler,

Shetland

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Thomas Jefferson - David West On the 17th of February, 1801, a tie in the Electoral College between Aaron Burr and Thomas Jefferson was resolved when Jefferson was elected

Thomas Jefferson

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Battle of Torrington - David West The Battle of Torrington was fought on the 16th of February, 1646. I recall that Admiral Sir John Byng was Viscount Torrington,

Battle of Torrington

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Hospitallers - David West On the 15th of February, 1113, Pope Paschal II issued the Pie Postulatio Voluntatis recognising the Order of Hospitallers.

Hospitallers

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YouTube - David West On the 14th of February, 2005, YouTube was launched. As you can see, I have never really got the hang of posting on YouTube, but I do seek a lot of help from it in improving my golf swing and techniqu...

YouTube

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Glen Coe - David West On the 13th of February, 1692, the MacDonald Clan were massacred in Glen Coe. Glen Coe is one of Scotland’s most dramatic and evocative

Glen Coe

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Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn - David West On the 12th of February, 1974, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, was exiled from the Soviet Union.

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
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Alchemy - David West On the 11th of February, 1144, Robert of Chester completed translating from Arabic into Latin the Testamenti Morieni, a textbook on alchemy

Alchemy

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Report: U.S. added nearly $700 billion to national debt in four months - NewsBreak (The Center Square) – The U.S. government added $696 billion to the national debt over the past four months, borrowing $94 billion in the month of January

STEALING OUR MONEY!

tRumpstein ADDED $696 BILLION TO THE NATIONAL DEBT OVER THE PAST FOUR MONTHS ...

Borrowing $94 billion in January alone!!!

100% of Gross Domestic Product! The HIGHEST PERCENTAGE THE NATIONAL DEBT HAS EVER MADE UP OF GDP WAS 106%, and that was immediately following World War II

Here is my conclusion after sitting through Maxwell's deposition with her refusing to answer a single question about the men who raped underage girls, saying she would only do so for clemency.

She must immediately be sent back to the maximum security prison where she belongs.

Ossoff: We would be naive not to expect dirty tricks. This man tried to steal the presidency when he lost it the first time. The best insurance against dirty tricks is landslide margins of victory.

Nigel Farage has just called for an end to working from home and the focus on work-life balance

They’ll be suggesting we send kids up chimneys next

Whatever you do JUST DON’T VOTE REFORM

Saint Scholastica - David West The feast day of Saint Scholastica is the 10th of February. In Fire and Earth, the second book in the Sir Anthony Standen Adventures

Saint Scholastica

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Stasi - David West On the 8th of February, 1950, the secret police of East Germany were established. They were called the Stasi. Having recently read the

Stasi

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Barbenheimer - David West I heard the term Barbenheimer for the first time yesterday. I haven’t seen Barbie but I watched Oppenheimer on the flight to Lima in 2024.

Barbenheimer

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Immigrant whose skull was broken in eight places during Minn. ICE arrest says beating was unprovoked He says his memory was so jumbled after the beating that he initially could not remember he had a daughter and still struggles to recall treasured moments like the night he taught her to dance.

Claiming those under arrest got 8 skull fractures by intentionally running into a wall is akin to abusive husbands who explain their wives’ black eyes by claiming they walked into a door. You just know ICE agents are thugs at home as well as at work.

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