So now we know the answer to the question that’s been haunting us for years: do we stick with the Conservative Party because they’re (supposedly) the only party with any chance of keeping Corbyn out, and hope that they’ll eventually … Continue reading →
A year or two ago on Samizdata – I can’t find the post – the opinion was floated that the Tories were now in a position to dominate UK politics for many years to come. Brexit was going to happen, the … Continue reading →
That’s one of the things that’s changed recently. The establishment, by which I mean both the old aristocracy and the newer University-educated class of journalists, lawyers, broadcasters, public servants, ‘creative’ media types, etc., have joined forces with the nerds, that … Continue reading →
Not a sarcastic headline. I’m for real. Britain has become a racist country. And it’s toxic. I’m talking about the socially accepted, even mandatory, racism against Anglo-Saxons. There is, of course, a more general racism against whites these days. But … Continue reading →
According to Paul Waugh: Rees Mogg just told ERG that he will NEVER vote against May in a vote of no confidence — Paul Waugh (@paulwaugh) July 9, 2018 Mogg tells the private meeting of fellow Brexiteers: "I will vote … Continue reading →
Remember I said that May would not be going unless she was dragged kicking and screaming out of No. 10? Remember that she said that if she won a confidence vote by even one vote she’d stay? David Davis may … Continue reading →
How come the country that gave us UKIP has gone back to the two main traditional parties, when the rest of Europe is now electing its own versions of the Monster Raving Loony Party? To understand what has happened, first … Continue reading →
Last month I said this about any possible Tory confidence vote in Theresa May’s leadership: In times past a leader would be expected to resign if the confidence vote did not result in an overwhelming victory, but given the Brexit … Continue reading →
There’s an excellent article about Brexit at the Conservative Woman by Michael St George (who also runs the great Twitter account A Libertarian Rebel). In the article he says this: it seems increasingly hard to deny that, for so many, … Continue reading →
Yesterday I tweeted this: I said a few years ago that the left is aiming is to outlaw conservative opinion, or to practically outlaw it. At the time people thought I was exaggerating. But it seems pretty obvious now. Still … Continue reading →
Modern journalists are pretty dumb. That doesn’t really need any more evidence, does it, given all the stupid things they have been saying for years. But they’re even dumber than that. Because by acting as overt political operatives they’ve blown … Continue reading →
A sampling of today’s Guardian headlines: Brexit Britain’s dash for growth will be a disaster for the environment The irrational fear of migrants carries a deadly price for Europe Brexit is bad for Britain’s health, doctors say It’s ‘roll the … Continue reading →
Why did everything change after Vladdy Ulyanov? How did he make the world worse even after his immediate impact in the USSR was over? It’s sometimes said that the reason is that he was so utterly ruthless. But history is … Continue reading →
The working class insists on the middle-class ‘sharing the wealth’, without most of them realising that this means that the middle-class oversees the sharing of the wealth, which results in an awful lot of it going to the sort of … Continue reading →
“If it wasn’t for double standards the left would have no standards at all” goes the joke. Except it’s not really just a joke now that the left has power and can use the law to apply those double standards. … Continue reading →
