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George Orwell

The Road From Wigan Pier 

Are the white working class really ‘far right’, or just people reacting to the destruction of their way of life? In George Orwell’s tour of the industrial North, published in 1937 as The Road to Wigan Pier, there is no doubting his sympathy for his subjects. In the grime, squalor and poverty of Lancashire mill […]

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Racism is not patriotism

‘Hate’

Hardly a week goes by without the powers-that-be or commentators in the servile mainstream media warning us of the ‘forces of hate’. Any challenge to the official narrative is cast as extreme, with slurs of ‘conspiracy theorist’ or ‘far right’. Hate, according to our progressive leaders, is a disposition of traditionally privileged groups striving to

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Riots

Starmer Must Apologise

Don’t get me wrong, I wasn’t expecting anything like an intelligent, nuanced and thoughtful response to the recent protests following the Southport murders. Statesmanship is not the St Pancras Pabloite’s forte. And Mr Starmer was in Magic Grandpa’s shadow cabinet, after all. But I was expecting at the very least a nod, albeit an insincere

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Keir Starmer

Starmer Picks a Side 

In the first big test of his premiership, Keir Starmer has addressed the ‘far-right’ riots in response to the Southport murders. For anyone vaguely familiar with the concept of cause and effect, it was always obvious which part of the equation Starmer would be most keen to highlight. Statesmanship and leadership are ethereal concepts at

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Olympic rings

Woke Olympics

The 2024 Paris Olympics has been blighted by the country’s decision to change the format of the opening ceremony. Formerly a celebration of athletic excellence, this year’s cérémonie d’ouverture was downgraded to an immersive cultural tour; highlighting the French contribution to artwork, full of le wokeism and mistakes. Traditionally, athletes from all countries competing in

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Premium bonds

My Word Is My Bond

State-sanctioned ‘theft’ from the deceased takes many creative forms: Inheritance Tax, intestacy rules, not honouring ‘in perpetuity’ freehold burial plot deeds, and sneakily it seems even pinching their Premium Bonds (PBs)! Living PB holders may lose out by not using other investment vehicles, but these lack the monthly thrill of imagining a big £5,000 to

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Silence

Other People’s Noise

I’m sure other people’s noise didn’t use to bother me nearly as much as it does now. For a while I assumed it was simply a facet of age; and yet when I bring this up with my close friends, none of them report a similar experience (at least those who heard me ask the

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