They would have made quite a handsome couple together for a few months, in their youthful prime. Before the in-built bitterness of their politics quickly started to twist their faces. … Continue reading →
Supposedly the ‘gilet jaunes’ movement is full of conspiracy theorists: Almost six out of ten self-professed “yellow vests” in France believe that Diana, Princess of Wales, was assassinated, according to a new study suggesting the movement is steeped in conspiracy theories. If … Continue reading →
The Telegraph thinks it is news that the producer of BBC’s Match of the Day thinks Match of the Day is wonderful. “It would sometimes get frustrating when you would get complaints that were simply factually wrong: for instance, there … Continue reading →
The current state of Facebook is an early glimmer of a distinctly possible future where all political expression – all expression, in fact – is tightly controlled by digital companies that arose from Facebook, their ancient ancestor. The ur-digital censor. If … Continue reading →
If this guy clings on we’ll know there are different rules for the Democrats. When I was at University, people – including people who become prominent and respected members of the community – would dress up as all sorts of … Continue reading →
Jim again, from the comments: I’m convinced that the fall of the Eastern Bloc is responsible for a lot of this. I think a lot of the people who like controlling other people, who don’t really care what the ideology … Continue reading →
In the Telegraph: There is a growing sense that the EU has been captured by an ideological priesthood. How many years has it taken the Europeans to realise this? That they’ve given away a lot of power to an oligarchy, … Continue reading →
Jim on fire in the comments again (but also see the comments afterwards from Andrew and Umbungo): It occurs to me that in the event of another referendum (which of course is possible) the Remain camp have very little ammunition … Continue reading →
How come a white old guy is just an old guy, or a gammon, or someone who needs to die soon, but an old Native American guy is always called by the media an ‘elder’, like he must have spiritual … Continue reading →
Lots of Remainers are saying, “We voted Leave to give power to Parliament, so what’s wrong with Parliament deciding to stop Brexit? You wanted Parliament to have supremacy, well, it has it, and now it’s asserting that supremacy, which by … Continue reading →
Seriously, to go into a room and discuss a deal with the European Union at this stage, after all we’ve seen of their ruthless, selfish, psychopathic behaviour over the last few years, would be mad. You and I knew that … Continue reading →
There was a lot of defeatist talk around last night, in the media and online, from pundits about giving up on No Deal (just as No Deal is taking off like fire amongst the greater public). My reply to this … Continue reading →
Drummond’s Law says that whatever the left accuse the right of doing is something they’re up to themselves. Now, the left is always accusing the right of being evil, whereas, so the story goes, the right accuses the left of … Continue reading →
According to the Guardian, a female artist was allowed to hang around Westminster harrassing MPs for their thumbprint on a work of art about Brexit. The work itself sounds supremely uninteresting; it’s basically just a bunch of coloured thumbprints. The … Continue reading →
Jim in the comments: I have this suspicion that Corbyn is very carefully trying to make sure that he has nothing whatsoever to do with Brexit at all, and is leaving the Tories to sink or swim themselves over it. … Continue reading →
