From Elsewhere: Fabulous piece by Brendan O’Neill on why free speech needs to grasp the energy of words.
I was knocked out by a piece by Brendan O’Neill over at Spiked. What stood out for me was his call for words to…
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Exit Through The Grift Shop. More on the Jack Monroe case.
The food writer and internet personality Jack Monroe is a bit of a ‘Marmite’ character. Some people adore her and believe that she is…
Tate Britain goes all loony troony
When I was a teenager and I was spending time on my own I liked nothing better to do with that time than to…
Mussolini speaks.
No, not the long dead and mostly unlamented Italian dictator Benito Mussolini of course, but his grandaughter Rachele Mussolini. What’s interesting is that in…
From Elsewhere: It’s not necessarily anti-Semitic to criticise George Soros.
I’ve been an admirer of the Israeli commentator David Lange and his site Israellycool. I like his writing even when I may disagree somewhat…
A massive firework of a resignation.
As a centre-rightist I’ve no interest or enthusiasm for bringing Boris Johnson back into government. Although I appreciate greatly his Brexit push and how…
Quote of the Day – Wearing out words until they become meaningless.
Back in 2016 I wrote on here about how the word ‘racist’ had become overused and had therefore lost much of its power and…
Is the way that Britain is policing eco-nutters degrading the image of police?
The schoolchildren are back in school following half term in many places in the UK, the sun is out and ordinary people need…
Britain’s NHS. It pleads poverty but wastes money like a drunken sailor on shore leave.
Advocates of Britain’s National Health Service (NHS), whether those who work within it or those who don’t but still campaign for it, are very…
From Elsewhere: Will immigration sink Sunak?
If there’s one thing that we have come to rely on when it comes to the Conservative Party is that they will betray both their…
