Politics: rebellion

By Richard North - 11 June 2026

It was harder to work out what was going on yesterday evening in Northern Ireland. This is often the case when trying to follow events on X, as they mature. The previous day’s footage – some of it previously unseen – gets mixed up with current reports, the timeline gets blurred and the narrative becomes… View Article
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Politics: fuelling the fires

By Richard North - 10 June 2026

Just when I thought it was safe to write about pedestrian things such as electoral politics, up pops a random Sudanese asylum seeker (probably a Mohammedan) doing his best to chop the head off a Northern Ireland citizen, only to precipitate another social media storm and legacy media frenzy. With the maelstrom precipitated by the… View Article
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Politics: sharing the hate

By Richard North - 9 June 2026

With the Makerfield by-election drawing close (only 10 days to go), one might have thought that the legacy media might be ramping up its coverage on the main challenger – Reform-UK – now that they have effectively abandoned further coverage of Henry Nowak for the time being. It strikes as a reflection of the utter… View Article
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Politics: the woke mind virus

By Richard North - 8 June 2026

Things are hotting up again in the Middle East, with Israel under attack from Iranian missiles once again and the region poised on the brink of war, despite Trump urging Netanyahu not to respond. Back in the UK, the media seem to be welcoming the opportunity to focus on something other than Henry Nowak, this… View Article
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Politics: “invasion” warning

By Richard North - 7 June 2026

In the wake of JD Vance’s comments about the “invasion of migrants” in Europe, we now have the US defence secretary Pete Hegseth likening recent sea arrivals in Europe to an “invasion”, warning that freedoms won in 1944 remain under threat. Hegseth’s remarks were delivered at the American Colleville-sur-Mer cemetery overlooking Omaha Beach, during commemorations… View Article
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