From Salon: If there is one thing that seems to unite the most extreme political reactionaries throughout the world, it is their gender. Whether it’s alt-right white supremacists marching in Charlottesville with their tiki torches, misogynist “incels” and men’s rights … Continue reading →
A group called the RNLI Was recently eaten alive Through cupboards they roamed And tickboxes combed Until nothing of value survived. … Continue reading →
The government, the quangoes, the Guardianistas, and so on, are telling Universities and employers that they should avoid the products of privilege and look for people with lesser qualifications who have not had the benefits of ‘privilege’. In other words, … Continue reading →
There’s a New York Times article by Bari Weiss about the so-called ‘intellectual dark web’ — ie. intellectuals saying perfectly reasonable things that would have been regarded as normal ten years ago, before the screaming campus garbage babies took over … Continue reading →
Following on from my post about kids and screen time earlier in the week, another issue is this. We often hear about discrimination in the arts and other areas against the working class. Posh kids are no better, it is … Continue reading →
Here’s the latest RNLI press release. Good to get more clarity from the most important society in the UK on these important issues: … Continue reading →
I think this is true: Boarding school children dominate the world of work because they do not spend time in their bedrooms in front of screens, a leading headmaster has said. Rather than spending hours “hunched” over a computer or … Continue reading →
Another Theresa May government minister starts preparing the way for more government intervention in the private sphere: Highly-addictive video games risk having a “damaging” impact on children’s lives, the Culture Secretary has warned after parents raised concerns about a hugely … Continue reading →
Following on from my post from yesterday, you may wonder why it is that right-wingers — whether UK Conservatives, US Republicans, or Australian Liberals — are so in thrall to the other side. Why do the Conservatives get bossed about … Continue reading →
One of the reasons the left is currently spawning at a great rate is because because of all the platforms they’ve been given over the past few decades, allowing them to constantly preach their message. Now, it’s obvious to anyone … Continue reading →
When a left-winger gets sacked or is forced to resign, the left just carries on as before, as if nothing has happened. If it was a particularly bad scandal then someone might mouth a perfunctory apology. And then carry on … Continue reading →
Amelia Gentleman, the Guardian journalist who helped expose the Windrush affair, has to be a parody. Remember that there are two types of Guardian journalists. There are the posho lefties with their double firsts from Oxbridge, straddling the aristo-intellectual-arty farty … Continue reading →
Japanese knotweed cannot be cured, a major study which tried 19 methods over three years has found. Researchers from Swansea University conducted the world’s biggest ever study into eradicating the invasive weed at two sites in Taff’s Well, near Cardiff, and in Swansea. … Continue reading →
Ambrose Evans-Pritchard in The Telegraph: This country is in a very dangerous situation. As if we need reminding, Michel Barnier told us pointedly this week that every national parliament in the EU – not to mention the Walloon assembly – … Continue reading →
Sadly I missed a very important announcement last month. The old town crier is much missed. What was it? The sparky and hip young royal Meghan Markle spent International Women’s Day this year urging young women to study STEM subjects. … Continue reading →
