It’s hard to believe that a lot of Brexiteers, and Remainers as well, who have previously been critical of May, have been singing her praises since she made her speech. The speech was pure theatre. May puts on these little … Continue reading →
What is Communism and hard-left socialism like? A lot of analogies have been made over the years, but in view of its stupendous death toll it can perhaps be best compared to a genetically-engineered virus which some scientists swear will … Continue reading →
There’s no doubt that Tony Blair was always an amoral opportunist, but I think something snapped in him after the left protested so vehemently against the Iraq War. It’s like he said ‘If you won’t venerate me as a great … Continue reading →
There was a lot of Twitter admiration last night about how wonderful Ruth Davidson is for admitting to the Sunday Times that she has had depression and mental health issues. How brave she is, apparently, even though every man and … Continue reading →
Remember when when the Berlin Wall fell, and then the USSR? Many right-wingers, and many non-political people, said this is the end of the left. Others, however, warned that leftists don’t stop being leftists, and plotting and agitating against freedom, … Continue reading →
The Daily Mail are splashing with ‘shocking’ pictures of Tory girl Carrie Symonds: which they stole took from social media. And they really are shocking. In one she’s sitting at the beach. Shocking enough, I agree, but even worse was … Continue reading →
The Guardian gets the tennis world’s reaction to Serena Williams’ antics at the US Open 180 degrees arse-backwards, as usual: Tennis players past and present have rallied behind Serena Williams after she claimed the sport was riddled by sexism following … Continue reading →
Everyone keeps telling Theresa May not to make the same mistake with Brexit as with the last general election. They’re saying, don’t try to do everything your way with just you and a small cabal of advisors doing what you … Continue reading →
Look, Quillette is great and all, but a lot of its articles seem to get halfway to drawing the obvious conclusion, before either bottling it, or just not quite getting how manipulative and shitty the left really is. Take this … Continue reading →
A leftist who’s decided to stop being such an arsehole and get to know some right-wingers confirms that hard leftists have insane, cartoonish views of the right: When I did finally bite the bullet and appear on a right-wing talk … Continue reading →
On Twitter there’s been a lot of disparaging comments about a certain recent strand of Leaver sentiment, the sentiment that says that the spirit that got us through World War II will get us through any problems to do with … Continue reading →
Sam Duncan: “Once they were in control of moderation, they began purging every single non-leftwing non-SJW commenter from their sites.” And they’re doing it elsewhere, too. The actual story there – an open-source project adding a clause to its … Continue reading →
Six months ago I published a piece at Comment Central called ‘Social media and the place (wo)men’ about social media threats to free speech. Since then this topic has become even more pressing, and even more talked about – see, … Continue reading →
Any type at all. All that’s needed is that there enough of them. It doesn’t matter how lame or ridiculous or mad they seem. Get a critical mass of that type of person and before you know it they’re in … Continue reading →
I’ve been saying for a while that it looks like the old political lines in Britain are changing. Many others have said this too, of course. One of the best recent statements of this sort of thinking, one that I … Continue reading →
