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Also great arts and food sections
January 22, 2026 at 2:57 PM
Also great arts and food sections
Check-out 'The Nerve' on Bluesky or Threads. It may appeal to you.
January 22, 2026 at 2:55 PM
Check-out 'The Nerve' on Bluesky or Threads. It may appeal to you.
Carol Cadwalader worth reading (The Nerve).
Trump may be narcissistic and 'incompetent' but he has gained immense power, is a master influencer and is enriching his family and backers to billions of $$s. So is he the most 'successful' Western leader for over a century in a novel political landscape?
Trump may be narcissistic and 'incompetent' but he has gained immense power, is a master influencer and is enriching his family and backers to billions of $$s. So is he the most 'successful' Western leader for over a century in a novel political landscape?
January 20, 2026 at 12:02 PM
Carol Cadwalader worth reading (The Nerve).
Trump may be narcissistic and 'incompetent' but he has gained immense power, is a master influencer and is enriching his family and backers to billions of $$s. So is he the most 'successful' Western leader for over a century in a novel political landscape?
Trump may be narcissistic and 'incompetent' but he has gained immense power, is a master influencer and is enriching his family and backers to billions of $$s. So is he the most 'successful' Western leader for over a century in a novel political landscape?
Hubris, my favorite word...followed by downfall
January 12, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Hubris, my favorite word...followed by downfall
On what grounds was Maria Corina Machado awarded the Nobel Peace Prize?
January 10, 2026 at 9:22 AM
On what grounds was Maria Corina Machado awarded the Nobel Peace Prize?
Is Akehurst a blue Labour zionist?
What is the extent of that constituency?
What is the extent of that constituency?
January 10, 2026 at 9:17 AM
Is Akehurst a blue Labour zionist?
What is the extent of that constituency?
What is the extent of that constituency?
Sport is inherently political...the Spartans, the Cold War, apartheid South Africa, the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games, Cameron and Andrew Sax-Colberg pitching for the FIFA World Cup...and so on...
November 6, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Sport is inherently political...the Spartans, the Cold War, apartheid South Africa, the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games, Cameron and Andrew Sax-Colberg pitching for the FIFA World Cup...and so on...
Flag-waving, authoritarian 'Blue Labour', is to say the least, disappointing.
October 9, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Flag-waving, authoritarian 'Blue Labour', is to say the least, disappointing.
Bit of a generalisation
October 9, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Bit of a generalisation
Consequences of colonialism.
Feeds into current geopolitics eg enthusiasm of some South American and African countries to look towards China.
Recent TV interview with African leader (forgotten who? - embarrassed!).
...the Chinese leave behind schools and hospitals and didn't kill anyone...
Feeds into current geopolitics eg enthusiasm of some South American and African countries to look towards China.
Recent TV interview with African leader (forgotten who? - embarrassed!).
...the Chinese leave behind schools and hospitals and didn't kill anyone...
October 4, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Consequences of colonialism.
Feeds into current geopolitics eg enthusiasm of some South American and African countries to look towards China.
Recent TV interview with African leader (forgotten who? - embarrassed!).
...the Chinese leave behind schools and hospitals and didn't kill anyone...
Feeds into current geopolitics eg enthusiasm of some South American and African countries to look towards China.
Recent TV interview with African leader (forgotten who? - embarrassed!).
...the Chinese leave behind schools and hospitals and didn't kill anyone...
If we reframe 'crying racism...' into the context of the 1930s, to remain silent is morally unacceptable and pragmatically ridiculous.
Are most UK citizens racist? I doubt it, but has to be a perception of fairness.
Are most UK citizens racist? I doubt it, but has to be a perception of fairness.
October 2, 2025 at 9:18 AM
If we reframe 'crying racism...' into the context of the 1930s, to remain silent is morally unacceptable and pragmatically ridiculous.
Are most UK citizens racist? I doubt it, but has to be a perception of fairness.
Are most UK citizens racist? I doubt it, but has to be a perception of fairness.
Do Not Ajust Your Set. I was 8. Compulsory viewing for discussion in the playground the following morning. Not sure we really understood it, we knew there was something special about it. Still occasionally crops up in conversation. Appears to have been a national phenomenon pre social media.
September 18, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Do Not Ajust Your Set. I was 8. Compulsory viewing for discussion in the playground the following morning. Not sure we really understood it, we knew there was something special about it. Still occasionally crops up in conversation. Appears to have been a national phenomenon pre social media.
Check out this documentary, in particular, what was 'unthinkable' 7 yrs ago.
August 25, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Check out this documentary, in particular, what was 'unthinkable' 7 yrs ago.
If you haven't seen this documentary it's worth a watch. Particularly the comments of history academics in 2018...and what was 7 yrs ago 'unthinkable'.
August 25, 2025 at 11:15 AM
If you haven't seen this documentary it's worth a watch. Particularly the comments of history academics in 2018...and what was 7 yrs ago 'unthinkable'.
Peter Buck currently touring with Luke Haines...Manchester on Saturday
August 20, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Peter Buck currently touring with Luke Haines...Manchester on Saturday
...but there are multiple potential explanations of the findings
June 29, 2025 at 12:05 PM
...but there are multiple potential explanations of the findings
As someone who was at Glastonbury in 86 I can confirm that you were probably in Glastonbury village and not at the festival
June 29, 2025 at 11:51 AM
As someone who was at Glastonbury in 86 I can confirm that you were probably in Glastonbury village and not at the festival
White largely, middle class, not unless students in the 80s, the travellers and the peace convey were all middle class
June 29, 2025 at 10:44 AM
White largely, middle class, not unless students in the 80s, the travellers and the peace convey were all middle class
In other words underfund the struggling hospitals, which are struggling because they were underfunded.
June 28, 2025 at 9:04 AM
In other words underfund the struggling hospitals, which are struggling because they were underfunded.
First went to Glastonbury in 83. Sponsored CND. It was always political.
June 28, 2025 at 8:29 AM
First went to Glastonbury in 83. Sponsored CND. It was always political.
He's playing Glastonbury on Sunday. Hopefully he'll be told what's what.
June 27, 2025 at 6:58 PM
He's playing Glastonbury on Sunday. Hopefully he'll be told what's what.
Natural selection can be demonstrated.
I suppose humans could have been magically excluded from the process?
I suppose humans could have been magically excluded from the process?
June 27, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Natural selection can be demonstrated.
I suppose humans could have been magically excluded from the process?
I suppose humans could have been magically excluded from the process?
He's a democratic socialist attempting to navigate a post Brexit world through the strangulating strucures of neoliberalism.
In my opinion he's demonstrating poor judgement. I'm disappointed.
From personal experience of being faced with overwhelming challenges is that of downing.
In my opinion he's demonstrating poor judgement. I'm disappointed.
From personal experience of being faced with overwhelming challenges is that of downing.
June 27, 2025 at 11:01 AM
He's a democratic socialist attempting to navigate a post Brexit world through the strangulating strucures of neoliberalism.
In my opinion he's demonstrating poor judgement. I'm disappointed.
From personal experience of being faced with overwhelming challenges is that of downing.
In my opinion he's demonstrating poor judgement. I'm disappointed.
From personal experience of being faced with overwhelming challenges is that of downing.
It's complex, but Thatcherism is a reasonable starting point to explain how we arrived where we are
June 26, 2025 at 8:07 AM
It's complex, but Thatcherism is a reasonable starting point to explain how we arrived where we are
Labour won the election by: anyone except the Tories; widespread tactical voting in centre, centre-left; and nose holding.
I'll say I'm disappointed and leave it at that.
I'll say I'm disappointed and leave it at that.
June 25, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Labour won the election by: anyone except the Tories; widespread tactical voting in centre, centre-left; and nose holding.
I'll say I'm disappointed and leave it at that.
I'll say I'm disappointed and leave it at that.