Slogans are full of shit aren’t they? Take the Olympic motto: ‘Faster, Higher, Stronger – Together’, which implies we’re all holding hands, negotiating hurdles collectively. When it comes to elite sport, nothing could be further from the truth. The transgender incursion into female sports is proof positive that people will take any advantage they can […]
Sometimes an attack by your opponents is so feeble and ridiculous that it deserves broadcast by the unscathed target. Such is the case with an article on Vice News (18 March 2022). ‘Revealed: youth group trying to push the Conservative Party further to the right’ features research by The Citizens, who declare themselves as ‘public
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‘Is it a boy or a girl?’ used to be the most welcome question an expectant mother could hear. I dare say a change is in the air, and one may soon be accused of transphobia for even thinking in such binary terms. Thank God so many parents are now raising ‘theybies’, which takes the
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All the news that is fit to print seems to be coming from a place called ‘Kiv’. At least that’s what it sounds like to me and, in fact, the updated spelling of ‘Kyiv’ for what we used to spell as ‘Kiev’ has been the subject of much comment. It is so convenient that this
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It is possible that many readers will already have heard of the Dutch brand of chocolate Tony’s Chocolonely (other brands are available). But it is equally possible that some may not, so here goes. Tony’s Chocolonely is, essentially, an edible virtue signal and the brand came to the wider attention of the public when it
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It is a hard-earned perk of old fogeyhood, that one has long-ceased to accept homework from those in authority. While in small doses homework may be harmless enough, prolonged exposure to the substance leads to serious long-term complications. Indeed, several cohorts of mine were so brutalised by the harridans who dispense the stuff, they actually
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