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Author of The Biscuit Factory Vol. I: Days of Wine and Cheese

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The progs are not on the same side as the common man. Ergo, the police aren’t either

Hector Drummond Posted on Monday 16th April 2018 by Hector DrummondMonday 16th April 2018

I left this comment about the Henry Vincent affair at Tim Newman’s blog, and thought it was worth a post of its own here: To see whose side the police are on, you need to look at who is in … Continue reading →

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The one party state has always been the aim

Hector Drummond Posted on Tuesday 10th April 2018 by Hector DrummondTuesday 10th April 2018

There’s been some interest on the web about Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey liking a Medium article that calls for the US to be made into a de facto one-party state. This has caused alarm, but it shouldn’t really come as … Continue reading →

Posted in Government, Hard left, Progressives, Social media | Leave a reply

‘Where are the comedians?’ Over there, plotting with the commies

Hector Drummond Posted on Friday 23rd March 2018 by Hector DrummondFriday 23rd March 2018

Yesterday I blogged about Jonathan Pie’s plaintive but naive cry concerning the whereabouts of the comedians and the artists and the writers in face of the latest assault on free speech, and I noted that they’re no longer on the … Continue reading →

Posted in Creatives, Free speech, Hard left, Progressives, SJWs, Social media | Tagged Count Dankula, Jonathan Pie, Omid Djalili | Leave a reply

If media types think the past is a bad place then why do they all want to live there?

Hector Drummond Posted on Wednesday 21st March 2018 by Hector DrummondTuesday 20th March 2018

If you took a read through last weekend’s Sunday Times Best Places to Live in 2018 supplement, you’d be forgiven for thinking something was awry. Because what the writers seem to think counts as a good place to live in … Continue reading →

Posted in Guardianistas, Media, Progressives | 1 Reply

There is a UK deep state…

Hector Drummond Posted on Monday 19th March 2018 by Hector DrummondMonday 19th March 2018

and it’s possibly worse — in the sense of more entrenched — than the US deep state. I’ve watched the establishment get taken over by the progressive left for twenty-odd years now. It was never going to end well. Recent … Continue reading →

Posted in Deep State, Government, Progressives | 2 Replies

Raedwald’s updated ‘Birkenhead Drill’

Hector Drummond Posted on Thursday 15th March 2018 by Hector DrummondThursday 15th March 2018

Great post from Raedwald yesterday, where he proposes an updated version of the Birkenhead drill, which basically means ‘women and children first’ in a sinking ship, or in a similar emergency. The new list reads as follows: ORDER OF EVACUATION … Continue reading →

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  • Prince Patsy and Princess Jazz-Hands Wednesday 25th April 2018
  • Social media is the modern equivalent of ‘The Shadow Knows’ Tuesday 24th April 2018
  • The Biscuit Factory Vol. I: Days of Wine and Cheese serialisation. Part 3 Monday 23rd April 2018
  • How hard is it to understand that tall glasses and kids don’t mix? Monday 23rd April 2018
  • The Biscuit Factory Vol. I: Days of Wine and Cheese serialisation. Part 2 Friday 20th April 2018
  • Why do any businesses bother with Facebook? Thursday 19th April 2018
  • The Biscuit Factory Vol. I: Days of Wine and Cheese serialisation. Part 1 Monday 16th April 2018
  • The progs are not on the same side as the common man. Ergo, the police aren’t either Monday 16th April 2018
  • Has anyone really thought through the consequences of these two campaigns? Saturday 14th April 2018
  • Michael Green: The Art of Coarse Dying Friday 13th April 2018
  • The media’s drip-drip-drip technique for creating belief Thursday 12th April 2018
  • Hector Drummond article up at Comment Central Wednesday 11th April 2018
  • The one party state has always been the aim Tuesday 10th April 2018
  • Was Brexit as much about socialism as anything else? Friday 6th April 2018
  • The Conservatives Still Need Corbyn Tuesday 3rd April 2018
  • Further problems with recent grammar school research Monday 2nd April 2018
  • What was Steve Smith thinking? Thursday 29th March 2018
  • The predictable academic move to kill off grammars Thursday 29th March 2018
  • Brave Sir Fireman Sam ran away Wednesday 28th March 2018
  • The truth about Communism is going to come out Tuesday 27th March 2018

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