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Why was Lenin a game-changer?

Hector Drummond Posted on Tuesday 26th June 2018 by Hector DrummondWednesday 27th June 2018

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 →

Posted in Commies, Politics, Russia | 5 Replies

Boomerang logic

Hector Drummond Posted on Monday 25th June 2018 by Hector DrummondMonday 25th June 2018

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 →

Posted in Arts, Government, Guardianistas, Politics | Leave a reply

Double standards may be all the left needs

Hector Drummond Posted on Monday 18th June 2018 by Hector DrummondWednesday 5th September 2018

“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 →

Posted in Politics, The Left | 3 Replies

It’s hard to “fatally damage” a zombie

Hector Drummond Posted on Tuesday 12th June 2018 by Hector DrummondTuesday 12th June 2018

Some commentators are saying on my Conservative Woman piece (on the structural difficulties of removing Theresa May) that even if May doesn’t lose the confidence vote she’ll still be fatally damaged and will have to resign. I wish that were … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics, The Conservatives | 3 Replies

Nobody voted for Arron Banks

Hector Drummond Posted on Monday 11th June 2018 by Hector DrummondSaturday 29th September 2018

I didn’t vote for Arron Banks. I voted to leave the EU. I voted Leave in spite of Arron Banks (and in spite of the Leave campaign — the same applies to them). All this focus on Banks and foreign … Continue reading →

Posted in Brexit, Politics | Leave a reply

The biggest enemy agent of them all

Hector Drummond Posted on Saturday 2nd June 2018 by Hector DrummondSaturday 2nd June 2018

Philby. Burgess. Maclean. Anthony Blunt. George Blake. John Cairncross. Goronwy Rees. Edith Tudor-Hart. Arthur Wynn. David Floyd. Percy Glading. Bob Stewart. John Symonds. Dave Springhall. Have we uncovered all the British Communist spies and traitors? Hardly. The biggest one of … Continue reading →

Posted in Commies, Establishment, Politics | Leave a reply

Good Heinlein quote

Hector Drummond Posted on Saturday 26th May 2018 by Hector DrummondSaturday 26th May 2018

From Time Enough For Love: “Even so, the problems of a planet with more than a billion people can keep a man busy, especially if his intention is to govern as little as possible – as that means he must … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics | Tagged Robert Heinlein | Leave a reply

Hector at The Continental Telegraph again

Hector Drummond Posted on Saturday 26th May 2018 by Hector DrummondFriday 25th May 2018

I’ve got a short post up at The Continental Telegraph, which you will have seen already if you’re a regular reader here. By the way, here’s a more up-to-date picture of Anna Soubry than the one the CT has used: … Continue reading →

Posted in Hector Drummond, Politics | Leave a reply

The ‘Fuck Off and Die’ list

Hector Drummond Posted on Friday 25th May 2018 by Hector DrummondFriday 25th May 2018

The title explains it all, really. Who should be on it? The following is hardly definitive, but it’s a start. Add who you want in the comments.   THE FUCK OFF AND DIE LIST In no particular order Corbyn’s Labour … Continue reading →

Posted in Humour, Media, Politics, Progressives | 3 Replies

Court control

Hector Drummond Posted on Thursday 3rd May 2018 by Hector DrummondThursday 3rd May 2018

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 →

Posted in Politics, Religion | Leave a reply

Don’t give leftists their bully pulpits

Hector Drummond Posted on Wednesday 2nd May 2018 by Hector DrummondSaturday 29th September 2018

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 →

Posted in Politics | 2 Replies

Raedwald’s updated ‘Birkenhead Drill’

Hector Drummond Posted on Thursday 15th March 2018 by Hector DrummondThursday 15th March 2018

Great post from Raedwald yesterday, where he proposes an updated version of the Birkenhead drill, which basically means ‘women and children first’ in a sinking ship, or in a similar emergency. The new list reads as follows: ORDER OF EVACUATION … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics, Progressives, SJWs | Leave a reply

The Tweet Police, they live inside of my head…

Hector Drummond Posted on Tuesday 13th March 2018 by Hector DrummondTuesday 13th March 2018

The tweet police they live inside of my head The tweet police they come to me in my bed The tweet police they’re coming to arrest me, oh no You know that talk is cheap and those rumors ain’t nice … Continue reading →

Posted in Humour, Music, Politics, Social media | Tagged Cheap Trick, Dream Police, Tweet Police | Leave a reply

Has the pincer movement started?

Hector Drummond Posted on Monday 12th March 2018 by Hector DrummondMonday 12th March 2018

I’ve gone on before about how the leftists’ long march through various institutions is giving them a lot of power (see, for example, this piece). Sooner or later we’re going to see a ‘pincer movement’. Or a multiple pincer movement, … Continue reading →

Posted in Commies, Hard left, Labour Party, Politics, SJWs | Tagged pincer movement | Leave a reply

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