Coronavirus: thick as mince
May 31, 2020 11:53 am Post a CommentThe one thing for which we can thank Dominic Cummings is his popularising the phrase “thick as mince”. Even though... View Article
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Weaponising groupthink
May 31, 2020 5:30 am Post a CommentIf you’re pro-lockdown, you’re freedom hating servile sheep who like being bossed around whereas the antis are brave free-thinking free... View Article
Lockdown: A tragic necessity?
May 31, 2020 4:09 am Post a Comment“Our politicians could no more avoid this lethal lockdown than a person could walk past a drowning child” says William... View Article
Johnson’s recipe for defeat
May 29, 2020 11:22 am Post a CommentNot that you’d know it from Twitter or recent posts outlining my detestation of all things Tory, I am not... View Article
Trade: life after Brexvid
May 29, 2020 3:51 am Post a CommentBrexvid. Brexit and Covid. Two major hits to the British economy. I've largely given up hope of a deal with the EU but either way it spells trouble for the UK as we climb out of our Covid hole.
Time to move on – to the next crisis
May 28, 2020 11:01 pm Post a CommentThe Tory establishment would have us “move on”. We’re happy to oblige. There is little more that can be rinsed... View Article
Cummings is no “hero of Brexit”
May 28, 2020 4:20 am Post a CommentIf I had to base my Brexit vote solely on how I identify with the prevailing characteristics of each of... View Article
A disease of the Tory mind
May 28, 2020 2:18 am Post a CommentI don’t like Tories. Their defining characteristic is arrogance. I don’t like populism either. It weaves deliberately simplistic narratives and... View Article
Cummings: into the realms of fiction
May 27, 2020 10:05 pm Post a CommentI’m completely bored to tears with absolutely everything being turned into a new front in a binary tribal culture war.... View Article
It’s all going wrong for Boris
May 27, 2020 5:58 am Post a CommentI’ve seen various damning polls this evening including a Westminster voting intention poll that puts Labour properly back in the... View Article
Politics: the Cummings crisis
May 27, 2020 2:15 am Post a CommentThe Telegraph, no less, is now calling it “the Cummings crisis”. There’s fame for you, to have a crisis named after you, although... View Article
Durhamgate: a full spectrum shambles
May 26, 2020 11:30 pm Post a CommentIt would be negligent to point out that though Johnson has not fared well this week, the media hasn’t covered... View Article
An expensive day for Johnson
May 26, 2020 3:29 am Post a CommentTory supporters are claiming Mr Cummings has won the day in facing down the media. In a sense that is... View Article
Things can only get worse
May 25, 2020 4:14 am Post a CommentGuilty or not guilty, today marks a turning point. Johnson’s ratings have been ticking downwards for a couple of weeks... View Article
Politics: The Great Deception revised
May 23, 2020 2:00 am Post a CommentReaders will, no doubt, be comforted to learn from the Department of Health and Social Care that “life changes due to the... View Article
Lockdown: we must trust the public instinct
May 22, 2020 4:24 am Post a CommentThankfully I haven’t needed to go out for much during the lockdown. I stocked up well in advance and I’m... View Article