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Immigration: let me count the ways

June 27, 2025 1:47 am Published by Richard North Post a Comment

“We must find out what unites us to avoid divisions… “, says the fatuous independent commission on community cohesion. Well,... View Article

The biggest betrayal of Ukraine is yet to come

July 28, 2023 6:15 pm Published by Pete North Post a Comment

There are days when I wonder why either of us bother with blogging. It’s a big financial and personal sacrifice... View Article

Britain’s self-inflicted energy disaster

April 8, 2022 2:27 am Published by Pete North Post a Comment

The EU’s Large Combustion Plant Directive imposed limits on sulphur dioxide. Before they were obsessed with global warming, they were... View Article

Net Zero and the strangulation of Britain

March 28, 2022 3:39 pm Published by Pete North Post a Comment

I am generally opposed to the war on motorists and the way in which greedy councils persecute drivers, often to... View Article

We face a national energy emergency. Net Zero is making it worse.

March 7, 2022 11:57 am Published by Pete North Post a Comment

Net Zero is not really a new thing. It started with the 2008 Climate Change Act. Net Zero is the... View Article

Haulage: life on the road

February 17, 2022 12:30 am Published by Lloyd Cole-Nolan Post a Comment

You’ve no doubt read a plethora of articles about the HGV driver shortage. I’m not going to give you a... View Article

The Europe Delusion

January 14, 2022 9:56 pm Published by Pete North Post a Comment

One is always struck by the extent to which remoanerism has become a cult religion. They worship a fraud. It’s... View Article

Review: Don’t Look Up

January 10, 2022 3:46 am Published by Pete North Post a Comment

I would say I watched it so you don’t have to, but I couldn’t even manage that. It’s one of... View Article

Colston: airbrushing history

January 9, 2022 2:11 am Published by Pete North Post a Comment

To say that statues should be put in museums overlooks the fact that our cities are living museums to who... View Article

Starmer: the speech nobody’s talking about

January 5, 2022 1:23 pm Published by Pete North Post a Comment

It’s easy to get carried away with the idea that Johnson is sliding in the polls and the Tories are... View Article

Joker: the liberation of madness

December 15, 2021 5:06 pm Published by Pete North Post a Comment

A few people lately have recommended I watch Joker. So I did. It’s the origin story of Batman’s most notorious... View Article

Even without Boris, the Tories are still a trainwreck

December 12, 2021 1:56 am Published by Pete North Post a Comment

I was going to write a detailed article on the who should follow the Oaf as Prime Minister. Until I... View Article

Shooting the messenger

December 8, 2021 11:59 pm Published by Pete North Post a Comment

I’ve never really understood why my Twitter persona was so contentious. I first took to Twitter with a view to... View Article

Politics: more heat than light

December 8, 2021 1:08 am Published by Pete North Post a Comment

I think the main reason I found Twitter remotely tolerable all this time was my muting of anyone I’ve even... View Article

Media: a culture of contempt

December 7, 2021 2:52 pm Published by Pete North Post a Comment

I’ve been watching a lot of Youtube film reviews lately. Most of it is meaningless being that I haven’t followed... View Article

Ghostbusters Afterlife: actually not terrible

December 6, 2021 8:20 pm Published by Pete North Post a Comment

Film reviews are not something we generally dabble in but a new Ghostbusters film is something of a cultural event.... View Article