This is an article by Martin Sewell. Martin is a quantitative researcher and developer in the financial industry. He can be contacted on martin@martinsewell.com. Black Lives Matter. The name itself is certainly a brilliant piece of marketing (Cobley, 2020). It is both a true statement (so difficult to argue against) and consistent with the current […]
Dominic Cummings has made a terrible mistake. I don’t mean going to Durham, or Barnard Castle. Which may have been mistakes, but they are very minor compared to the real mistake he has made. The real mistake he has made is that he trusted the chattering classes, and their pet scientists, on the Covid-19 and […]
The same leftist media that tells you that they’re the smart ones, and right-wingers are dumb, has just revealed that their grasp of maths is worse than a kindergarten student’s. Michael Bloomberg spent £500 million on his campaign to win the Democratic nomination. (Despite that he barely won any delegates. Yet the left claims that […]
Priti Patel is to face a ‘serious’ Cabinet Office probe after Phillip Rutnams’ resignation amid accusations against her of bullying: The Cabinet Office has launched an investigation into whether Priti Patel breached the ministerial code after her top Home Office official dramatically resigned amid a bullying row. Michael Gove told MPs that the Home […]
Matthew Parris knew perfectly well – he used to often write about it – how bad the EU was, yet when push came to shove he took their side. Now it’s happening again with the civil service. He knows they’re awful, but when it comes down to it he’ll take their side rather than ours. […]
Here’s a question to ponder in the light of my previous post: if Dominic Cummings is ever forced out of his role, what happens if he decides to form a new conservative party? What happens if he runs for Parliament at the next election? He could be PM. Or the power behind a PM again. […]
Rob Wilson understands that Boris is standing on shaky turf, but gets things back-to-front: Boris Johnson may be king of the castle now, but one false move could spark rebellion He actually thinks the wets may launch a coup: In the past few weeks there have already been “noises off” from Huw Merriman and Damian […]
The Guardian, The Independent and the Mirror aren’t real newspapers. They’re political organisations with newsletters. Social media
Another Boris blunder: Geoffrey Cox desperate to hang on to his job as Attorney General, friends say as Boris Johnson set for first major reshuffle Lucy Frazer is being lined up to replace Mr Cox although there are signs he may not go quietly This is why you don’t appoint the same old faces […]
Janet Daley no longer understands the world: Americans are schooled (literally) to regard their democratic institutions and the document that created them – the Constitution – as sacramental … Something very drastic must have happened to the American psyche over the past generation to have created this paradoxical interpretation of patriotism which can accept […]
So where’s the story on Iran shooting down a passenger plane gone? This is a major story, and an absolutely shocking one. Iranian armed forces were so unbelievably hopeless and careless and ruthless that they shot down one of their own planes taking off from their own airport. And it wasn’t just a slip of […]
When Stewart Lee was on TV a lot with Richard Herring in the 90s I quite liked him, mainly because I thought he had a nice line in self-mockery. He’d often do this character who came across like a self-righteous grad student, an arrogant prick who thought he was an intellectual and had the answer […]
From Diogenes in the comments (I’ve added some links): For yet one more example of WTF is a Conservative Govt doing by supporting such an odious thing, take a look at this so-called charity – Fairshare Educational Foundation [HD: aka ShareAction]. The main areas of charitable activity are in campaigning and education of […]
This is the British Conservative tradition: make a lot of noise during an election campaign about how you’ll change politics for good. I call this the ‘Bonfire of the Quangos’ stage. It’s all bluster, of course. Then meekly back down afterwards, and leave everything fairly similar to before. And that’s pretty much it. The foreign […]
Our hearts go out to all those in Australia affected by these devastating fires. I have been in touch with PM @ScottMorrisonMP to offer any assistance we can provide. We stand with you at this very difficult time. 🇬🇧🇦🇺 — Boris Johnson #StayHomeSaveLives (@BorisJohnson) January 6, 2020 We can offer you Australians much-needed assistance. For […]
I’m not going to pretend that I’m some expert on the guy, or have any special insight into current Middle Eastern politics, like everyone else on the internet is currently doing. All I can say is that it’s sickening to hear people talk as though America has no right to strike back at enemies who […]
There has been much interest in YouGov polling among Labour party members which shows that Keir Starmer would win a Labour leadership election if it was held now. Not only did he come out on top in the first round results, he wins easily in a hypothetical run-off. Some people have been wondering whether this […]
From Bloke in North Dorset, in the comments on my post on Diane Abbot’s son James Abbott-Thompson: From my observations as a technical consultant for about 4 years, the fast-track scheme is about identifying women and ethnic minorities who might have potential and then testing them on different projects as a way to get more […]
A recommended bit of fun for Christmas/New Year from my new friend Dan Cure: https://danielcure.blogspot.com/2020/01/a-woke-christmas-carol.html Social media
A few posts ago I said that Labour is naturally a leftist party, as can be seen from their history in the last few decades. Andrew Douglas, one of my brilliant commentators, said in the comments that it: Looks like a pendulum swing to me: Wilson to Foot moving Left Kinnock to Blair moving […]