I’m in the middle of summer hols, and there isn’t much internet access, which explains the lack of posting, but I thought I should note while I have the chance to be online that all the signs still are that … Continue reading →
The Telegraph’s view shows they haven’t really caught up: Few prime ministers of recent times have taken office in less propitious circumstances than those facing the winner of the Conservative leadership contest this week. The Brexit imbroglio remains unresolved and … Continue reading →
Extinction Rebellion get one thing right: Extinction Rebellion cause nationwide chaos – but claim they aren’t anarchists This is true. They aren’t anarchists. They’re hard-left statists. They’re causing anarchy temporarily so they can get a quasi-religious iron grip upon the … Continue reading →
From a Telegraph article about the moon landing: In 1966, 20,000 different companies were working on Apollo. Different companies handled different parts of the job, which all had to operate in concert … Kevin Fong points out one of … Continue reading →
From Ducky McDuckface in the comments: [Ross Clark in the Telegraph:] “While Oswald Mosley may have gained some traction in the 1930s, he never came remotely close to power.” Oh, really? [From Wikipedia:] “Mosley then made a bold bid for … Continue reading →
Amazing garbage from the Telegraph about Tommy Robinson: One might imagine that a man of Robinson’s beliefs would want to stick to British help rather than the imported variety. But that misses an important fact about the hard Right in Britain. It … Continue reading →
Aaron Lake Smith: The Soviet Union, it must be remembered, was a regime founded by freelance writers and editors. In other words, a nightmare. Nice. And there’s more: Pamphleteers, autodidactic theoreticians, critics, publishers of small journals, hot-take artists, takedown artists, … Continue reading →
The Telegraph is trying to whip up some interest: it’s fair to say, reflecting on my many conversations with party members, that a significant number of members are less certain about their vote now than when the contest begin three … Continue reading →
I am serious — Steve Bell, the long-time Guardian cartoonist is a national treasure. He should be knighted one day, and buried in Westminster Abbey. For over twenty years the Guardian has chosen to publish his political cartoons. This has … Continue reading →
The Chancellor warns over Johnson and Hunt’s plans to cut taxes and spend more, which is fair enough. (Personally I think the tax cuts are a good idea, but not the extra spending.) But what is astonishing in what Hammond … Continue reading →
The only thing that can save Boris Johnson, and the Conservative Party, is his Cabinet: BORIS Johnson will make everyone in his Cabinet promise to commit to leave the EU by October 31 – or they’ll be sacked. The … Continue reading →
Dim Marina Hyde of Guardian Towers is puzzled: Of all the hills to die on, why on earth has Labour chosen Chris Williamson? The party’s baffling decision to re-admit an MP accused of antisemitism comes as faith in the … Continue reading →
A lot of Conservative MPs are making big claims about bringing down the government if they try to pursue a WTO Brexit. I say: call their bluff. They won’t do it. As soon Boris becomes PM (assuming he does), he … Continue reading →
There seems to be a lot of this sort of thinking happening at the moment: The Establishment is clearly trying to smear Boris in any way possible. They’re frightened of him. He’s the anti-Establishment candidate. They must fear that he’s … Continue reading →
If you’d ask me a few days ago what the odds are on Boris Johnson actually doing a No Deal Brexit would have sung you the bit from Jeff Wayne’s War of the Worlds: The chances of Boris getting No … Continue reading →
