Andy Burnham is auditioning to replace Keir Starmer as First Algorithm to the Treasury. In service of this strange ambition he is going to give up the Manchester mayoralty and re-enter the Commons after finding a safe Labour seat. He is confident that such a thing exists, empiricism notwithstanding. Bless him. You have to suspect […]
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Being born must be the most surprising thing that ever happens to you. Not only can a foetus have no idea it can be born, but as soon as it is, it is subject to a range of experiences it has never had and has no reason to think it ever could. It gets colder.
It is getting harder by the day to believe the mainstream media, which is saying something, as it has been consistently lying to us for a very long time. They probably excelled themselves during the Covid-19 period when they knew perfectly that the risk from the virus was low and the measures brought in were unnecessary; nevertheless, they
Linguistic Gymnastics Read More »
The stabbing of two Jewish men in broad daylight in Golders Green this Wednesday wasn’t a random act of ‘far-right thuggery’, to use the Prime Minister’s favourite bête noire. It was a terrorist incident. Two men – Shloime Rand, 34, and Moshe Shine, 76, were attacked because they were visibly Jewish by the ‘British’ Somalian,
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You may have missed the recent news that Zoe Ball’s daughter has, like her brother, and indeed Zoe herself, been diagnosed with ADHD. One of the strategies that Zoe Ball’s daughter will be given by ADHD ‘specialists’ is a range of fidget toys to help manage her condition. Up and down the country, in classrooms
Fidget Toys: The Latest Excuse for Failing Kids Read More »
I haven’t seen all that many dawns, and many of those I have seen can be blamed on my father. One of those people who believe suggested check-in times leave far too much to chance, most childhood holidays started when the sky was the same colour as my sleep-deprived humour. One year he even contrived
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‘UK mother separated from children for years has “draconian” order overturned’ ran a Guardian headline in February over a story about how ‘flawed evidence’ presented by psychologist Melanie Gill led to the separation of a family. The tone was one of righteous vindication on the part of a long-suffering mother. The separation was initially ruled
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The TV license burdens hard-pressed households – struggling to meet inflated energy, food and council tax bills – with a compulsory charge of £180 – a charge, especially in the current economic climate, that needs to be cogently justified and widely supported. In addition, the white paper outlining the terms of the Royal Charter’s renewal
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Exhibit A: The government declines to send a Minister to appear on a politics show. “They’re frightened of us because we hold them to account,” the host informs the audience. Exhibit B: A female observes a certain froideur from a man in her social circle. Can’t handle strong women, she concludes. Two different events, one macro, one micro, but
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There are moments when a country reveals itself with a kind of accidental clarity, not in the great ceremonial language of politics, nor in the slogans with which governments flatter themselves, but in some apparently local incident in which ordinary people suddenly see, with perfect plainness, what sort of civilisation they are now living in.
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