As Britain descends into a dystopian hell-hole not easily distinguishable from Christopher Priest’s bleak 1972 novel, Fugue for a Darkening Island (which beat the more famous Camp of the Saints by a year), every now and then there’s one step forward for every ten goose-steps backwards. An elderly
LionRed The author is based in the UK at the moment (ex-pat Kiwi) and travels the world as a consultant in developing countries working on business development. As a result, he is totally cynical about NGOs, the UN and WHO etc. He is regularly exposed to contact with governments and
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Editors note: Due to technical issues yesterday that prevented our articles from being viewed by most of our audience I have made the decision to republish them today. LionRed The author is based in the UK at the moment (ex-pat Kiwi) and travels the world as a consultant in developing
LionRed The author is based in the UK at the moment (ex-pat Kiwi) and travels the world as a consultant in developing countries working on business development. As a result, he is totally cynical about NGOs, the UN and WHO etc. He is regularly exposed to contacts with governments and
Atul Singh Fair Observer In 1978-79, the United Kingdom experienced the winter of discontent. Trade unions around the country went on strike. On January 22, 1979, the UK experienced the largest strike action since the General Strike of 1926. Even gravediggers and waste collectors joined in, leaving corpses and rubbish
The intelligentsia, Thomas Sowell once wrote, pay no price for being wrong. Politicians lose elections, businessmen go broke, even sports coaches see their teams lose. But academics who are repeatedly wrong are rewarded with tenure. Where they get to keep being wrong, again and again. Instead, everyone else pays the
After reading a paywalled article from The Spectator written by a recently-retired Professor of Pathology and NHS consultant pathologist Dr John Lee, I cannot help but feel that we are not quite on the right track with our coverage of the virus and lockdown. In announcing the most far-reaching restrictions
Lionred The 26th of March was a bright sunny day as befits early spring in the UK. It was a welcome break from the recent outburst of ugly weather, wind, rain and flooding. According to the MSM all that has been missing has been an abundance of locusts, frogs and
In an episode of The Simpsons, Professor Frink warns that the “Itchy & Scratchy Land” robots will inevitably run amok, but, “According to my calculations, the robots won’t go berserk for at least 24 hours”. Whereupon the robots immediately go beserk. “Oh, I forgot to er, carry the one,
Can we call it germ warfare, yet? While many people are getting into the habit of “social distancing” (people at the checkouts at Chemist Warehouse today were neatly spaced a metre or more apart), there are some notable exceptions. There is a disturbing incidence of people not just ignoring pleas
Mark Boris Johnson recently made a lockdown announcement a lot like Jacinda Ardern’s only a few days after. But there is one major difference One comment Boris made whilst assuring the people that essential services, like supermarkets, will remain open during the lockdown, was that people need to use
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Stringent government control and oppressive social media platforms are forcing Australians to self-censor themselves, according to controversial media personality Katie Hopkins. Ms Hopkins, who is known for her strident support of Donald Trump and Boris Johnson, says social media giants like Twitter and Facebook often punish those whose views fall
