The New Conservative

Russell David

Country pub

The Glories of the Pub

In towns and cities up and down the country, pubs are increasingly a refuge from the ‘vibrant’ newly installed communities that stalk the streets. They are little pockets of Britishness. They have always been brilliant, now they are better than ever. What a tragedy that two close every day, it’s claimed. Is that true though? […]

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Office

Work Is a Four-Letter Word

As regular readers will know, last year I was dismissed from my job in media by sad little ideologues, and proceeded to life on the dole, with a short period at the Royal Mail. I’ve recently started a new job, which I will talk about more in posts to come, but I’d like to tell you now about the

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Rupert Lowe

Restore or Reform?

Forgive my mischievous use of a Rupert Lowe picture… Answer: Reform. I hope that doesn’t lose me too many subscribers. Please read on. I’m going to give a nuanced answer! Why Reform? Several reasons. Not because they’re perfect (they’re not). Recently, for instance, I was sent into a moderate whirlwind of despair by Nigel Farage

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Kid praying in a mosque

I Hate Islam

I hate Islam. I detest it. I despise it. I loathe it. I abhor it. I’m really not very keen on it. It is a religion invented by an illiterate seventh-century goat-herder who married a six-year-old girl. Along with the ideas of Karl Marx, Islam is the worst set of ideas ever to be vomited

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Tower Bridge

In Da City

Recently, following a single complaint, a TfL video telling men not to harass women has been pulled, because it features a black person doing the harassing. So continues our Orwellian, inverted looking glass universe that the political and media class like to promulgate. I have some knowledge of what things are like on the streets of

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