It seems that for some, the COVID-19 pandemic is an event that must never be forgotten; a chapter in history that must be revisited over and over again, with a sense of relentless victimhood. Despite the reality that, for most, COVID-19 was a mild virus that the majority survived without lasting consequence, a narrative of […]
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The short answer to that is: “a country where free speech is demonstrably under threat”. Clearly, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer does not consider free speech to be under threat in the United Kingdom. Questioned recently in the Oval Office on a visit to President Trump, he was asked by a woman from the press
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The latest report from The Ministry of Approved Opinions, Hope Not Hate The State of Hate 2025: Reform rising and racist riots, is out. The pdf version is free to download. I urge you not to buy the hard copy, which will help fund Hope not Hate; alas, it will only encourage them. My first
I have never managed to connect with South Korea despite several visits. I suppose that the fact these have all been business visits and mostly in winter when it is cold almost beyond belief has not helped. Also, I have only been to Seoul which is a huge traffic-jammed place. I don’t like Korean food,
Having long ago outsourced my cerebral powers to ChatGPT, I asked it for some amusing titles for an article on the theme of the UK’s focus on Ramadan rather than Lent. One of the best now adorns this article. Runners up included: Holy Hunger Games: Lent vs. Ramadan – Who Fasts It Best? Ramadan &
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A former British Army Chief of Staff was interviewed on the BBC Radio 4 Today programme last week, about the woeful state of the British Armed Forces. He said that when he commanded a battle group – of which there were several at that time – he had more men and more firepower at his
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Like a heavyweight boxer approaching the ring – an apt analogy given the way the evening ended – after a fifteen-minute delay due to people still arriving at the Hull Arena, the man himself entered the auditorium. Coming in from the back, surrounded by minders with cameras flashing and some suitably stirring music over the
Amidst so much gloom and doom in the UK right now, with the economy nose-diving, cold damp weather and gazing longingly across the Atlantic where so much good sense is being enacted within the USA, we need to make the best of the occasional glimmers of hope that flicker in our land. It struck me
In the space of a twenty minute car journey the other night I wondered, listening to the evening news on BBC Radio 4, if I had in fact missed the news and was listening to a new 6:30pm comedy show. Two items in a row suggested that to me. Either that, or the world has
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My first (and long overdue) visit to Budapest has been nothing less than brilliant. This is a fantastic city in a fantastic country, and I can tell all that from only five days here. In these five days of exploring Budapest high, low and sideways I have not seen any of the following: an LGBTQWERTY/Minor
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