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Wind turbines

Net Zero Nuts (Part II)

Some of our post 1992 new universities, already powerhouses of mediocrity, have decided to make the prospects of their doomed students even worse. In yet another example of corporate virtue-signalling, about twenty of them have banished fossil fuel companies from attending recruitment fairs on their campuses. Whether this drive towards such empty gestures is being […]

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Christmas tree

Christmas Cancelled

I thought it was just me, but it transpires there are fewer Christmas decorations in Hong Kong this year than in previous years. A colleague confirmed, under orders from China, Hong Kong had been instructed to tone down the outward manifestations of the Christmas festivities this year. I often find myself in Hong Kong in

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White lives matter

No Whites Please, We’re British

The next James Bond is increasingly unlikely to be representative of the British Isles, thanks to the intelligence services (MI5, MI6, and GCHQ) who are offering final-year university students a 2025 summer internship, provided they have the good taste not to be ‘White British’: ‘For the 2024/25 academic year, if you’re in your final or

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Diversity

No Whites Allowed

Although the Christmas decorations are not yet back in their cardboard boxes, the Environment Agency has already cemented its plans for this summer. The Agency is offering forty summer internships to help undergraduates and recent postgraduates get a foot on the first rung of the environmental corporate ladder. Clearly, a good idea…except that White people

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Hong Kong

Flying the Flag for Racism

If you want to experience racism and a healthy dose of microaggression, then Hong Kong is just the place for you. Black, brown or white and at some point, over the course of a few days, you’ll have something to report. Naturally, if you are Chinese, you can knock yourself out. Mind you, regarding white

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Justin Welby

Justin Jellyby 

If you have read Charles Dickens’ novel Bleak House, I am sure you recall the character of Mrs Jellyby. If you are not acquainted with this figure of Dickensian satire, then allow me to introduce her to you. Mrs. Jellyby is a very wealthy woman, but a stupidly selective philanthropist. She devotes her time and

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Gregg Wallace

MasterChef Meltdown

MasterChef anchorman Gregg Wallace probably has no idea what a favour he has done for the nation. His inappropriate shenanigans with women (allegedly) on the BBC programme has resulted in the Christmas specials being binned and consigned to the dustbin of broadcasting history, along with all of Jimmy Savile’s Top of The Pops episodes. MasterChef,

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Maracaibo

A Darkening Reality 

In the shadows of what was once a thriving culture, the tragic death of designer Luis Braccal a few weeks ago underlines the brutal reality now gripping Venezuela. Braccal, a beloved figure in Caracas’ entertainment scene and designer of my wife’s dress for the Miss Venezuela beauty pageant of 2004, was savagely beaten by security

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