News & Current Affairs
UK 2013 Local Elections: Quick Analysis
Election coverage in the UK is terrible. It seems to largely revolve around meaningless statistics, self proclaimed ‘experts’ and whizzy graphics. To correct this I will present my own quick and dirty analysis from the perspective of someone actually qualified to do so. Below are the full election results from the UK local elections
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The Legacy of Margaret Thatcher
Yes, we are a richer nation perhaps because of her, but most of that wealth has gone to those who were already well off anyway. The poor have actually gotten poorer, and inequality has vastly increased. Greed was actively encouraged, along with disdain for those at the bottom. Society is now much more divided than
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Eddie Mair vs Boris Johnson
For your viewing pleasure. It is 15 minutes. But it is glorious. Not sure how I feel about this to be honest. My immediate-cynical head tells me this no doubt boosted the ratings for the BBC2 documentary on Johnson that aired tonight, and that could’ve been Mair’s intention going in. On the other hand, my
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In-Depth Analysis
What Should Labour Do?
Some Union leaders have called upon Labour to abandon austerity entirely. But I believe that this would be a serious tactical error that would play into Tory hands. Whatever the economic merits or flaws might be, abandoning austerity completely would likely prove politically suicidal, allowing the Tories and their media supporters to portray Labour as
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Žižek on Thatcher
How are we to read a strange article by Slovenian Philosopher Slavoj Žižek on the late Maggie Thatcher? There are books on how to read Derrida and Žižek literally wrote the book on how to read Lacan and yet despite attempts to pin him down, I am still none the wiser regarding how to read
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Faith: The “Pasta Source” of Authoritarianism
Subjective belief without the support of sufficient evidence is the source of much political friction and social misery across the world. What can we do to challenge the positions people hold on faith alone? Pastafarianism is the pithy theistic belief in the existence of the “flying spaghetti monster” as the creator deity responsible for the
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Myth Busting: The Coalition Cut the Deficit by a Quarter
As the economic failures of the coalition government become more and more apparent they are driven to hide behind increasingly dodgy claims. The most common of these is that they have cut the deficit by a quarter. Having been disappointed by others’ attempts to bust this myth, I have decided to have a go at explaining exactly why this is
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Opinion
Control of Borders
A nation state consists of lines on a map defended by armed force. Pull the squaddies off the borders, as Major did at Maastricht, and you destroy the nation.
Giving British Proles a Good Kick
The British working class has been kicked for 30 years. What will the future hold?
Muslims, Beards, Finger-Pointing & Spooks
Is it really that difficult for Western security agencies to catch young alleged Muslims who decide to engage in a spot of mass-murder? The clue is in the finger...
Margaret Thatcher ~ Genuine Enemy Within
Margaret Thatcher destroyed the Conservative Party — the party of Winston Churchill — as national political force. She was the genuine enemy within...
George Osborne — Mockney Sparrow
Poshos slumming it with a fake working class accent... a uniquely English phenomenon?
A “Poll Tax” Moment for the Coalition?
Deep cuts to Britain's welfare state lock in today. How angry are people likely to get?
Stupid Daily Mail Readers
Daily Mail readers are such dim-witted ignoramuses they require CAPITAL LETTERS in headlines or they DON'T UNDERSTAND...
Politicians hate us more than we hate them
Walk into any British pub and, before long, you'll hear someone express dislike, disgust, or downright hatred towards British politicians. The antagonism is so strong there's an emphasis on not even talking about them. Politicians are viewed as so beneath contempt that normal, decent people prefer not to sully their mouths by mentioning them...
The UKIP Problem
UKIP is one hundred percent right: immigration must be talked about. Those who discuss it are not, by definition, racists. Those seeking to prevent or limit lawful discussion of immigration should be told to sling their hook. But it's not just North London social worker type lefties who wish to censor discussion of immigration...
Honey, I Shrunk the Economy
Commentators claim George Osborne is confused, vacuous and out of his depth, as austerity economics drives Britain into an unprecedented depression. Not true...
The Winter of Attrition
I am utterly fed up with winter. It’s bitterly cold, dark, wet and evocative of a general sense of misery and despair. Although the summer of 2012 didn’t set any weather records for hours of sunlight or high temperatures, it did provide our society with a big shot of endorphins to the national consciousness in
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We Simply Cannot Afford This Wasteful Government
There is a fascinating paradox at the heart of current government policy. That is that in the name of reducing government expenditure and waste the government are increasing government expenditure and waste! This is the paradox this article seeks to address. The UK’s coalition government is spending a fortune and increasing the deficit
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Orwell and Obama: Liberal Authoritarianism
Barrack Obama has been described as a liberal, a Marxist, a neo-conservative, a socialist, an authoritarian, a Kenyan, a Muslim, a Christian and much more besides. A truly post-modern president is perhaps all these things and yet none of them. This sort of logic is no problem for a true master of doublethink such as
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Marxism – A Crisis of Faith? A Little More Opium Please
The sad truth is we have lost our faith. Christians and Muslims keep their faith in the face of overwhelming evidence that their beliefs are probably wrong. In fact evidence does not matter because they have faith. On the contrary Marxists are pessimists – we do not have faith that there will ever be an alternative to capitalism. We have all
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Dwarfs, Elves & Soviet Communism
Harry Potter, Merlin, Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, Prince Caspian. What do these books and films have in common? They're about something which doesn't exist: magic.
Christmas of the Toffs
Dismal Christmas shopping scenes in South West London... while Fortnum's records a Christmas boom
America, Guns & Amnesty
America's in the grip of collective gun paranoia. But with 300 million weapons in circulation it's reasonable to be paranoid...
Will George Osborne’s 1% cap on welfare budget hit working poor hardest?
Osborne has imposed a swingeing below inflation, 1%, ceiling on increases to welfare payments for the very poorest. His mantra is that this is only fair because many hard-working people have to get up early to go out to work, and walk past the closed curtains of neighbours on benefits who are enjoying a lay
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